In the following question, one part of the sentence may have an error. Find out which part of the sentence has an error and click the option corresponding to it. If the sentence is free from error, click the 'No error' option. We spotted two ships (A)/ sailing merrily (B)/ in the horizon. (C)/ No error (D)
In the following question, one part of the sentence may have an error. Find out which part of the sentence has an error and click the option corresponding to it. If the sentence is free from error, click the 'No error' option.
1). A
2). B
3). C
4). D
1 answers
Error lies in part C of the sentence. Hence, the answer is option 3.
The phrase ‘in the horizon’ is incorrect because ‘in’ is not the right preposition to be used along with the word ‘horizon’. The correct phrase is 'on the horizon' which indicates that the ships were spotted on the far edge of the ocean and that they were sailing merrily.
The first part of the sentence has no error and the phrase 'sailing merrily' is grammatically correct too because authors tend to give human-like tendencies to inanimate objects in order to make the sentence more artistic. Here the action of ‘sailing merrily’ has been assigned to inanimate objects such as ships.
Correct sentence - We spotted two ships sailing merrily on the horizon.