Question : Directions: In the following question, some parts of the sentence have errors, and some are correct. Find out which part of the sentence has an error. The number of that part is the answer. If a sentence is error-free, your answer is "No Error".
We received much help from the neighbours.
(1) We received
(2) much help
(3) No Error
(4) from the neighbours.
Option 1: (1)
Option 2: (2)
Option 3: (3)
Option 4: (4)
Correct Answer: (2)
Solution : The error lies in the second option .
The word much is used to refer to a large quantity or degree of something. In positive statements, especially when discussing a large quantity of something, it's more appropriate to use a lot of or lots of.
Therefore, the correct sentence is, "We received a lot of help from the neighbours".
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