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· 1 Months ago

misprint (Question: 160719.4 )

his lesson hoga ki her lesson hoga

Question:
DIRECTIONS: In each of the following sentences, a part of the sentence is underlined. Beneath each sentence, five different ways of phrasing the underlined part are indicated. Choose the best alternative among the four.

His mother made great sacrifices to educate him, moving house on three occasions, and severing the thread on her loom’s shuttle whenever Mencius neglected his lessons to make him understand the need to persevere.

Options:
A) severing the thread on her loom’s shuttle whenever Mencius neglected his lessons to make him understand the need to persevere
B) severed the thread on her loom’s shuttle whenever Mencius neglected his lessons to make him understand the need to persevere
C) severed the thread on her loom’s shuttle whenever Mencius neglected his lessons to make him understand the need for persevering
D) severing the thread on her loom’s shuttle whenever Mencius neglected his lessons to make them understand the need to persevere
E) none of the above
Solution:

Option (a) is the correct answer choice.The main verb ‘made great sacrifices’ in the main clause is modified by both participial clauses to explain the sacrifices she made:

(i) ‘moving house on three occasions’.

(ii) ‘severing the thread ... to make him understand the need to persevere.’

In (b) and (c), ‘severed’ (simple past tense) is used parallel with ‘made’, thereby producing two parallel main clauses. This is not grammatically incorrect, but changes the intended meaning, which was to highlight ‘severing of the thread ...’ as a ‘sacrifice’ the mother made.

(d) uses ‘severing’ correctly, but incorrectly replaces ‘him’ referring to Mencius by ‘them.’

Knowledge Expert

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· 1 Months ago

Dear Student,
his is used for Mencius(male) and its correct.
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Rupali Bambal

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· 1 Months ago

her lessons hona chahiye.......
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