Conjunction Error Correction Exercise

 

Q.  Correct the errors in the following sentences:

(Read Here Errors of Phrases and Idioms)

1. I am neither smart or handsome.

Ans: I am neither smart nor handsome.

2. Either she is responsible or her friend.

Ans: Either she or her friend is responsible.

3. This gift is meant both for you and your brother.

Ans: This gift is meant for both you and your brother.

4. No sooner had he reached home when it began to rain.

Ans: No sooner had he reached home than it began to rain.

5. Though he works hard but he is weak.

Ans: Though he works hard yet he is weak.

6. We had hardly reached the station before the train started.

Ans: We had hardly reached the station when the train started.

7. Although he is poor but he is honest.

Ans: Although he is poor, yet he is honest.

8. There is no such doctor which you mention.

Ans: There is no such doctor as you mention.

9. We had scarcely reached the station than the train started.

Ans: We had scarcely reached the station when the train started.

10. He met not only me, also my brother.

Ans: He met not only me but also my brother.

11. Not only he met me but also my brother.

Ans: He met not only me but also my brother.

11. She has no other friend but you.

Ans: She has no other friend than you.

12. They are arriving sometime between Monday to Wednesday.

Ans: They are arriving sometime between Monday and wednesday.

13. You have to choose between knowledge or money.

Ans: You have to choose between knowledge and money.

14. Study hard lest you should not fail.

Ans: Study hard lest you should fail.

15. As I am ill, so I won't go today.

Ans: As I am ill, I won't go today.

16. When he came then I was playing.

Ans: When he came, I was playing.

17. Unless you do not try, you will never succeed.

Ans: Unless you try, you will never succeed.

18. Wait here until does not return.

Ans: Wait here until he returns.

19. I doubt that she will come.

Ans: I doubt if/whether she will pass.

20. He asked me that why I didn't come.

Ans: He asked me why I didn't come.