Spotting Errors in English Sentences for SSC Exams- part 2

In this sequence of last post related to Error finding in sentences the first chapter which a student must prepare is Syntax chapter, which covers the various grammar rules for Part of  Speech which will help you to solve English (5 to 10) questions of error in all the competitive exams.Now I would like present more rule for you to prepare for your systematic preparations of English and recommend you to kindly get through these rules properly and prepare them to follow in error finding questions.

Rules to be Continued:-  …………………

Rule No. 07^th :- When pair of words, “Bread and butter/ Rice and curry/ Hammer and sickle/ slow and steady/ Truth and honesty/ Horse and carriage/ Crown and glory/ Rise and fall/ Coming and going/ Screaming and shouting/ Age and experience/ Egg and bacon/ Long and short/ Sum and substance/ Bag and baggage………etc.” are used as a subject of the sentence then, these pair words are considered as singular subject of the sentence are the verb used with them is also singular in number.

Example :- (i) Bread and butter is my favourite breakfast. 

                    (ii) Rice and curry is a popular dish.

When two singular uncountable nouns, joint with “and”, used as the subject of the sentence, then the verb used with them is always plural in number.

Example :-  (i) Time and tide wait for no man.

                     (ii) Fire and water do not agree.

                     (iii) Gold and silver are precious metals.

Family relation expressing words, used in the form of pair words (joint with “and”) as the subject of the sentence. Possessive adjectives are used before these pair words, then they are considered as plural subject and the verb used with them is always plural in number.

Example :- (i) My mother and father are proud of me.

                    (ii) Your uncle and aunt want to settle in Delhi.  

                  

Rule No. 08^th :- When two singular nouns joint with “and” and first singular noun is followed after an article or possessive adjectives (my, your, our, …….etc.) then this combination is considered as the same person due to which singular verb is used with such combinations.

Example :- (i) The Principal and Secretary was there.  

                    (ii) My uncle and guardian has come to see me.

                   (iii) A poet and philosopher has come.

Rule No. 09^th :- When two singular nouns joint with “and” and both singular noun are followed after separate articles or possessive adjectives (my, your, our,…….etc.) then this type of combination is considered as two different persons therefore the verb used in such conditions is must be plural in number.

Example :- (i) The Principal and the Secretary were there.

                     (ii) My uncle and my guardian have come to see me.

                    (iii) A poet and a philosopher have come.

                                                                                         (To be continued soon.............)