Question

Find out the error in the following sentence, if any. If there is no error, mark your answer as 'E.

We advised him (A) to marry off his daughter (B) because she had (C) come to marriageable age. (D) No Error (E)

• A. (A)
• B. (B)
• C. (C)
• D. (D)
• E. (E)

Answer 1

The correct option is D (D)

Part D of the sentence contains the error. It should be "......come to a marriageable age." The indefinite article 'a' is used before singular words which begin with consonant sounds. The indefinite article indicates that a word or phrase, in this case 'marriageable age', refers to a general idea rather than a particular thing or age. Since the girl's exact age is not mentioned it is only appropriate that an indefinite article is used,

Hence option D is the correct answer and options A, B and D are incorrect because the rest of the sentence is grammatically correct, Option E is incorrect because there is an error in the sentence as is explained above.