Question

Select the part of the sentence which has an error in it. If the sentence is correct, select ''No Error'':
(a) When the thief broke into their house, (b) they raised a hue and cry

(c) and the thief caught immediately by the people. (d) No ERROR.

• A. a
• B. b
• C. c
• D. d

Answer 1

Answer: (C)

c

The option that has an error, is the correct option.
Option C: The error lies in part (c): 'the thief caught immediately by the people'. The word 'was' is missing.
The word 'by' tells us that the action was done by the people, and it was the thief who was caught.
When we say 'caught... the people', we're making the verb active, that it was the thief who caught the people. This meaning is not right.
The correction is 'the thief was caught immediately by the people'.
Hence option C is the correct option with the error.
The other parts (a) and (b) do not have any error in them. They are grammatically correct and are complete in meaning.
Hence options A and B are not the right answers.
Option D is incorrect because the sentence has an error (c).