Question:
Find the part of the sentence that contains an error:
The higher the office was (1)/ the more pressing became the need (2)/ for prudence, propriety, and (3)/ avoiding of
early disclosure. (4)
Find the part of the sentence that contains an error:
The higher the office was (1)/ the more pressing became the need (2)/ for prudence, propriety, and (3)/ avoiding of
early disclosure. (4)
Options:
- a) (1)
- b) (2)
- c) (3)
- d) (4)
- a) (1)
- b) (2)
- c) (3)
- d) (4)
correct answer : d)
Explanation:
In part (4), there is a failure in parallel structure. ‘Prudence’ and ‘propriety’ are nouns, so ‘avoiding of’ should ideally be replaced with the noun form ‘avoidance of’ to maintain parallelism.
वाक्य के भाग (4) में Parallelism (समानांतरता) की त्रुटि है। ‘prudence’ और ‘propriety’ Noun हैं, इसलिए इनके साथ ‘avoiding of’ के स्थान पर ‘avoidance of’ (Noun) का प्रयोग होना चाहिए।