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.