In the following question, some part of the sentence may have errors. Find out which part of the sentence has an error and select the appropriate option. If a sentence is free from error, select ‘No Error’.
Affirmations fire the will to focus and perseverance towards (1)/ goal realisation and enable positive (2)/ thoughts to permeate one’s sub consciousness. (3)/ No error (4)
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Correct answer: A
Explanation
The correct answer is option 1 i.e. Affirmations fire the will to focus and perseverance towards.
The error lies in part 1 of the statement because of the different part of speech.
Concept-
- We need to replace 'perseverance' with 'persevere' to make the statement grammatically correct.
- After 'to', the base form of the verb is used. As 'to focus', it should be 'to persevere'.
- 'And' takes the same parts of speech before and after. Since 'focus' is a verb, the next word must be a noun.
- So we need to use 'persevere' at the place of 'perseverance'.
The correct sentence will be-
Affirmations fire the will to focus and persevere towards goal realisation and enable positive thoughts to permeate one’s sub consciousness.