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".
When Anand reached the village (1) / he found that (2) / reports about him preceded him. (3) / No error (4)
Option 1: (1)
Option 2: (2)
Option 3: (3)
Option 4: (4)
Correct Answer: (3)
Solution : The error lies in the third part of the sentence.
To maintain the correct sequence of events in the past, the sentence should use the past perfect tense. The phrase "had preceded him" should be used instead of preceded him. Here, we have two past events, and when this is the case, the earlier event must be in the past perfect tense. So, the former event uses the verb "had preceded" and the latter event uses the verb reached which is in the simple past tense.
Therefore, the correct sentence would be: When Anand reached the village, he found that reports about him had preceded him.
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