Question:
Parts of the following sentence have been given as options. Select the option that contains an error.
My neighbours were serious injured in the car accident.
निम्नलिखित वाक्य के कुछ हिस्से विकल्पों के रूप में दिए गए हैं। उस विकल्प का चयन करें जिसमें त्रुटि है।
My neighbours were serious injured in the car accident.
Options:
- a) serious injured
- b) My neighbours were
- c) the car accident
- d) in
- a) serious injured
- b) My neighbours were
- c) the car accident
- d) in
correct answer : a)
Explanation:
The adjective ‘serious’ is incorrectly used here to modify the participle ‘injured’. It must be replaced by the adverb ‘seriously’. The correct sentence is ‘My neighbours were seriously injured…’. Thus, option (a) contains the error.
यहाँ ‘injured’ (विशेषण/कृदंत) की विशेषता बताने के लिए विशेषण ‘serious’ के स्थान पर क्रियाविशेषण ‘seriously’ (गंभीर रूप से) का प्रयोग होना चाहिए। सही वाक्य: ‘My neighbours were seriously injured…।’ अतः, विकल्प (a) में त्रुटि है।