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Prashant Singh

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· 1 Months ago

thrown away must be there

Question:
DIRECTIONS: Read each sentence to find out whether there is any grammatical error or idiomatic error in it. The error, if any, will be in one part of the sentence. The number of that part is the answer. If there is ‘No error’ the answer is (5). (Ignore errors of punctuation, if any)
(a) The History Museum /(b) in Silicon Valley /(c) is just a stone’s throw away /(d) from the Googleplex head office. / (e)No error
Options:
A) a
B) b
C) c
D) d
E) e
Solution:
Ans: (e) The sentence does not contain any error

A stone’s throw (away) is correct. It is an idiomatic expression which is used to refer to a short distance

Usage:

We were staying in a small apartment just a stone's throw from the beach.

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· 1 Months ago

its a idiom.... a stone's throw away is correct.........

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