Spotting Errors in English Sentences for SSC Exams- part 4

In the sequence of last post related to Error finding in sentences, 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 rules 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.

To be Continued:-  …………………

Rule No. 13^th :- Singular verb are used with everyone, everybody, someone, no- one, nobody, anyone, anybody, anything, nothing etc.

Example :- (i) Everyone were rewarded.      (Wrong Sentence)

                         Everyone was rewarded.        (Right Sentence)

                    (ii) Nothing were lost.       (Wrong Sentence)

                          Nothing was lost.       (Right Sentence)

                    (ii) Nobody know the fact.       (Wrong Sentence)

                         Nobody knows the fact.       (Right Sentence)

Rule No. 14^th :- Few/ a few/ the few/ very few is followed by plural  noun and plural verb, while little/ a little/ the little is followed by uncountable noun and singular verb.

Example :- (i) A few boys has come.          (Wrong Sentence)

                         A few boy have come.          (Wrong Sentence)

                         A few boys have come.          (Right Sentence)

                   (ii) Very few girls is laborious.          (Wrong Sentence)

                        Very few girls are laborious.          (Right Sentence)

                  (iii) Many were punished but a few was guilty.          (Wrong Sentence)

                        Many were punished but a few were guilty.           (Right Sentence)

                 (iv) A little money were spent.          (Wrong Sentence)

                        A little money was spent.           (Right Sentence)

Rule No. 15^th :- When “Each” or “Every” are followed by two singular nouns (subjects) joint with “and”, the subject of the sentence is considered as singular thus the verb used is also singular in form.

Example :- (i) Every boy and girl were warned.              (Wrong Sentence)

                         Every boy and girl was warned.              (Right Sentence)

                   (ii) Each boy and each girl were rewarded.              (Wrong Sentence)

                         Each boy and each girl was rewarded.              (Right Sentence)

                  (iii) Every man, woman and child are happy.              (Wrong Sentence)

                         Every man, woman and child is happy.    (Right Sentence)

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