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shikha

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· 1 Months ago

die from overeating,die from hunger....etc

Question:

DIRECTIONS: In the following questions, some of the sentences have errors and some are correct. Find out which part of a sentence has an error and blacken the oval corres-ponding to the appropriate letter (a, b, c). If a sentence is free from errors, blacken the oval corresponding to (d) in the Answer Sheet.

Numerous people in India are dying from hunger (a)/ but the government seems (b)/to be ignorant of this fact. (c)/No error (d)

Options:
A)

(a)

B)

(b)

C)

(c)

D)

(d)

Solution:

Ans: (a) Replace 'from' with 'of'.

We use to die of bird flu, of hunger, of overeating, of a heart attack, of cancer, of pneumonia, of childbirth, of stress, of a broken heart, of sorrow, of love, of curiosity 

To die from car/road accidents, from illness, from stroke, from a wound, from smoking, from drinking, from sudden death, from a weapon, from injury, from war, from religion...

To die by (through the means of) the sword, by suicide, by overdose, by a bullet.

Deepak

· commented

· 1 Months ago

sorry from reason or of disease*****

Deepak

· commented

· 1 Months ago

please ignore knowledge expert he has gone mad, or perhaps does not know english grammar. remember if someone dies, he dies of a reason or dies from a disease.

Knowledge Expert

· commented

· 1 Months ago

SO THE CORRECTED STATEMENT WILL BE
Numerous people in India die of hunger but the government seems to be ignorant of this fact
Regards
TR

Knowledge Expert

· commented

· 1 Months ago

Die of hunger and Die of overeating, die of heart attack, of cancer
Yes student you are right
Regards TR

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