Question

Find the error in the following sentence:

	Error	Correction
An one-eyed man was travelling	e.g. An	A
through a bus one day. He was	(a) __________	___________
carrying a huge bag on him	(b) __________	___________
shoulder. Anyone sitting next to him	(c) __________	___________
said, "Why didn't you keep your bag	(d) __________	___________
beneath the seat?" The man smiled	(e) __________	___________
and said, "It is too big to be kept their".	(f) __________	___________

Answer 1

Hint: Prepositions show how other words in a sentence are related. Many prepositions indicate the location of something or the time it occurred. Since most prepositions have several meanings, their interpretation varies greatly depending on the context. It is not a grammatical mistake to end a sentence with a preposition.

Complete answer:
Prepositions show how other words in a sentence are related. It's a term that describes the location or timing of something in relation to something else.

	Error	Correction
An one-eyed man was travelling	e.g. An	A
through a bus one day. He was	(a) Through	by
carrying a huge bag on him	(b) him	his
shoulder. Anyone sitting next to him	(c) anyone	someone
said, "Why didn't you keep your bag	(d) didn’t	don’t
beneath the seat?" The man smiled	(e) beneath	under
and said, "It is too big to be kept there".	(f) their	there

1) In the first sentence, ‘through’ is incorrect because it is used when you move in and out of something. Since we have to show that the person is travelling through the bus, so, we will use ‘by’.
2) In the second sentence, ‘on him shoulder’ is grammatically wrong, so instead of him use ‘his’.
3) In the third sentence, using ‘anyone’ would be incorrect because we are talking about a specific person whereas ‘anyone’ is used in general, so we have to use ‘someone’.
4) In the fourth sentence, we use ‘don’t’ when we are talking in the present tense and ‘didn’t’ is used in the past tense. Since this passage is in the present tense, we have to use ‘don’t’.
5) In the fifth sentence, the term "beneath" is frequently used to indicate that something is obscured by something else whereas under is used when something is directly under you. So, in this sentence the seat is directly under the person, so we will use ‘under’.
6) In the sixth sentence, ‘there’ is the polar opposite of here; it implies "in that location." Their meaning is "belongs to someone." Since in this sentence we are referring to a direction, we will use ‘there’.

“A one-eyed man was travelling by bus one day. He was carrying a huge bag on his shoulder. Someone who was sitting next to him said, "Why don't you keep your bag under the seat? ". The man smiled and said, "It is too big to be kept there.”

Note: Some rules of prepositions are:
- Never use "Have" instead of "Of."
- Don't mix up the words "in" and "into."
- They Shouldn't Be Used at the End of Sentences.
- Try not to mix up the words "than" and "from."