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".
The process was too simple and easy to understand that it hardly took five minutes for us to grasp it.
(1) and easy to understand that it hardly
(2) took five minutes for us to grasp it.
(3) The process was too simple
(4) No Error
Option 1: (1)
Option 2: (2)
Option 3: (3)
Option 4: (4)
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Correct Answer: (3)
Solution : The correct choice is the third option.
The use of the adverb too is incorrect in the sentence. Here, too, should be replaced with so. Although they both have the same meaning, which is a lot , they differ in their usage. So is used for positive cases, whereas too is used for negative cases. Thus, so is a better choice for this sentence.
Therefore, the correct sentence is: "The process was so simple and easy to understand that it hardly took five minutes for us to grasp it."
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Question : Directions: In the following question, some parts of the sentence may have some errors. Find out which part of the sentence has an error and select the appropriate option. If the sentence is free from error, select "No Error."
The process was
Question : Directions: In the following question, some parts of the sentences have errors and some are correct. Find out which part of a sentence has an error. The number of that part is the answer. If a sentence is free from error, your answer is "No
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
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
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