Question

The following sentence has not been edited. There is one error in the line. Identify the incorrect word and the correction required.

In those days, ours only task was to fight for freedom.

• A. Incorrect= days, Correct= day.
• B. Incorrect= for, Correct= about.
• C. Incorrect = Ours, Correct = our.
• D. Incorrect= task, Correct= tasks.

Answer 1

Answer: (C)

Incorrect = Ours, Correct = our.

'In those days' is correct grammatically since here 'times' refers to a period of time. So, Option A) is incorrect.
Option B) is incorrect as we 'fight for freedom' not 'fight about freedom'.
Option D) is also incorrect since the word 'task' is followed by 'was' which is singular.

'Ours task' is incorrect because 'our' is a plural pronoun itself and need not have an 's' at the end.

So, the correct answer is C) incorrect= ours, correct= our.