Question:
The following sentence has been divided into four segments. Identify the segment that contains an adverbial usage error.
Mrs. Gomathi was / that tired and weak / that she could / scarcely walk.
निम्नलिखित वाक्य को चार भागों में विभाजित किया गया है। उस भाग की पहचान कीजिए जिसमें क्रियाविशेषण के उपयोग संबंधी त्रुटि है।
Mrs. Gomathi was / that tired and weak / that she could / scarcely walk.
Options:
- a) Mrs. Gomathi was
- b) that she could
- c) scarcely walk.
- d) that tired and weak
- a) Mrs. Gomathi was
- b) that she could
- c) scarcely walk.
- d) that tired and weak
correct answer : d)
Explanation:
The construction ‘so… that’ is used to express cause and effect. Using ‘that tired and weak… that she could scarcely walk’ is incorrect. It should be ‘so tired and weak… that’. Thus, the segment ‘that tired and weak’ contains the error. Option (d) is correct.
कारण और प्रभाव को व्यक्त करने के लिए ‘so… that’ का प्रयोग किया जाता है। यहाँ ‘that tired and weak… that’ का प्रयोग गलत है, इसके स्थान पर ‘so tired and weak… that’ का प्रयोग होना चाहिए। अतः, विकल्प (d) में त्रुटि है।