Question

Direction: Read the sentence to find out whether there is any error in it. The error, if any, will be in one part of the sentence. The number corresponding to that part will be your answer. If the given sentence is correct as it is, mark the answer as ‘No error’. Ignore the errors of punctuation if any.

She was (1)/ a model (2)/ of an honesty (3)/ and decency. (4)

• A. 1
• B. 2
• C. 3
• D. 4
• E. No error

Answer 1

The correct option is C 3

The error is in the third part of the sentence.
It is because ‘honesty’ is an abstract noun and we do not use articles when we talk about abstract nouns in general. However, we use ‘the' with abstract nouns when we want to specify abstract ideas.

Therefore, ‘an’ must be removed from the first part to make the sentence grammatically correct.


Hence, option C is the correct answer.