Correction of errors
 

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1. Incorrect: No sooner he saw me, he ran away.
Correct: No sooner did he see me. Than he ran away.
Reason: No sooner is always followed by ‘did’ and ‘than’.

2. Incorrect: The committee comprises of five members.
Correct: The committee comprises five members.
Reason: The verb ‘comprise’ is not followed by a preposition in the active voice “Of” is used in the Passive Voice (The committee is comprised of five members).

3. Incorrect: I do not want to part from you.
Correct: I do not want to part with you.
Reason: ‘With’ is used to show separation.

4. Incorrect: I shall return after four days.
Correct: I shall return in four days.
Reason: When we mean ‘at the end of’ in future, we use ‘in’.

5. Incorrect: Talking is not allowed in the library.
Correct: Talking in the library is not allowed.
Reason: The subject of the verb “is not allowed” is not ‘talking’. It is talking in the library.

6. Incorrect: Smoking is injurious for health.
Correct: Smoking is in injurious to health.
Reason: Wrong use of the preposition.

7. Incorrect: Though old, he is hail and hearty.
Correct: Though old, he is hale and hearty.
Reason: Wrong spelling.

8. Incorrect: But not for you, I would have failed.
Correct: But for you, I would have failed.
Reason: When we mean ‘Had you not been there’, we say ‘But for you’.

9. Incorrect: It is a very repeated story.
Correct: It is a much repeated story.
Reason: When Past Participle (i.e. the third form of the verb) is used as an Adjective, it is preceded by ‘much’.

10. Incorrect: I have worked very hard all the month long.
Correct: I have worked very hard all the month over.
Reason: ‘All the month long’ is not idiomatic.

11. Incorrect: I don’t know why has he not come.
Correct: I don’t know why he has not come.
Reason: In the indirect form of speech, an interrogative sentence in changed into an affirmative sentence by using the helping verb (has) after the subject (he).

12. Incorrect: Such boys who have not done their home-work should stand up.
Correct: Such boys as have not done their home-work should stand up.
Reason: ‘Such’ is followed by ‘as’ not ‘who’.

13. Incorrect: I have met him last month.
Correct: I met him last month.
Reason: When definite time is given. We use the Past Indefinite Tense’ not Present Perfect.

14. Incorrect: This is not a house worth-living.
Correct: This is not a house worth living in.
Reason: The verb ‘live’ has to be followed by the preposition “in”.

15. Incorrect: One must keep one’s words.
Correct: One must keep one’s word.
Reason: The correct idiom is: ‘to keep one’s word’.


16. Incorrect: Although he is my friend yet I don’t trust him.
Correct: Although he is my friend, I don’t trust him.
Reason: ‘Although’ is not followed by “yet”.

17. Incorrect: This woman has five off-springs.
Correct: This woman has five off-spring.
Reason: ‘Off-spring’ in the plural form remains ‘off-spring’.

18. Incorrect: My head pains
Correct: My head aches.
Reason: ‘Pains’ in this sense is unidiomatic.

19. Incorrect: He is very keen to go abroad.
Correct: He is very keen on going abroad.
Reason: ‘Keen’ is always followed by preposition ‘or’ which, in turn, is followed by ‘ing’ form of the verb.

20. Incorrect: We have ordered for many books.
Correct: We have ordered many books.
Reason: No preposition is used after ‘order’.

Dear Im sure that Although is followed by Yet....Use of Although & Yet is where u need to say two opposing ideas in one sentence....Hope u will get it...Ref: Bsc English Composition

[QUOTE=peacepakistan;403731]Dear Im sure that Although is followed by Yet....Use of Although & Yet is where u need to say two opposing ideas in one sentence....Hope u will get it...Ref: Bsc English Composition[/QUOTE]

Although is followed by YET but it cant be followed by BUT.i have confirmed it.

[B]WARNING[/B]

When a sentence begins with
although or
though, you do not use `but' or `yet' to introduce the main clause. You do not say, for example, `Although he was late, yet he stopped to buy a sandwich'. You say `Although he was late,
he stopped to buy a sandwich'.

[URL="http://www.bilinguist.com/data/hanying/messages/49760.html"]?"although...yet" is not allowed according to the 1992 version of Collins COBUILD English Usage.[/URL]

21. Incorrect. Unless it is not free, I won't go.
Correct. Unless it is free, I won't go.
or
I won't go unless it is free.
Reason. Not" is not added with UNLESS. Unless itself shows negative sense.

[I][COLOR="DimGray"]Uses of [B]Although[/B]......

Although I have been working hard, but have not improved??

Although I have been working hard, have not improved...???

Although, I have been working hard, have not improved???

Please let me know the use of although.... I am bit confused......


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[QUOTE=zuhaib ahmed;403684]These are helpful for me. These can be advantageous for you .



1. Incorrect: No sooner he saw me, he ran away.
[B][U] Correct: No sooner did he see me. Than he ran away.[/U][/B]
Reason:[B][U] No sooner is always followed by ‘did’ and ‘than’.[/U][/B]

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Dear, you have broken the sentence into two.. It is wrong. No sooner and than come in the same sentence. And remember, there is no comma in the sentence.
[B]And often, no sooner and than are used with past perfect tense. Though past simple is also used, it is not always used.[/B](Reference: Practical English Usage by Michael Swan, New International Students Edition, page 205, )
[B]No sooner did he see me than he ran away.
OR
No sooner had he seen me than he ran away.[/B]

[QUOTE=ssara;463291][I][COLOR="DimGray"]Uses of [B]Although[/B]......

Although I have been working hard, but have not improved??

Although I have been working hard, have not improved...???

Although, I have been working hard, have not improved???

Please let me know the use of although.... I am bit confused......


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Although I have been working hard, I have not improved.
I have been working hard, however I have not improved.

[B]Uses Of Although/Though:[/B]

[B]1.[/B] [U]Both these words can be used as conjunctions, with the same meaning. Though is more informal and a spoken expression. If we say "Although/though A, B" these two words are used [B]to present contrast, surprise or something unexpected about the clause B.[/U][/B]

Although I don't like him, I agree that he is a good manager.

[B][U]2.[/B] Used [B]to mean 'but' or 'however' (when you are commenting on a statement.)[/U][/B]

I would like to go out, [B]although [/B]it is a bit late.
It is a bit late,[B] but[/B] I would like to go out.
It is a bit late,[B] however[/B], I would like to go out.
I felt he was wrong,[B] although[/B] I didn't say so at the time.
I felt he was wrong[B] but[/B] I didn't say so at the time.
I felt he was wrong, [B]however[/B], I didn't say so at the time.

[B][U]3.[/B]Used[B] in the same meaning as 'in spite of (the fact)'.[/U][/B]
We went out [B]in spite of[/B] the rain.
We went out[B] although[/B] it was raining.
He is a good company, [B]in spite of the fact that[/B] he talks all the time.
He is a good company, [B](al)though[/B] he talks all the time.

[B]Reference: Practical English Usage, Michael Swan, pages 39, 246. Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary, 7th edition.[/B]

[QUOTE=MUHAMMAD LUQMAN GUJAR;403743]Although is followed by YET but it cant be followed by BUT.i have confirmed it.[/QUOTE]

My dear, from where have you confirmed it??
Practical English Usage by Michael Swan says that although can't be used with 'BUT'. See page 500.