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’.
Progress in life depends (1)/ a good deal under crossing (2)/ one threshold after another. (3)/ No error (4)
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Correct answer: B
Explanation
The correct answer is option 2 i.e. A good deal under crossing.
The error lies in part 2 of the statement because of the wrong use of the preposition.
Concept-
- We need to place 'on' after 'depends' to make the statement grammatically correct.
- 'Depends' takes a fixed preposition 'on' after it.
- So we need to use 'on' after 'depends'.
- We need to replace 'under' with 'by' as 'by' indicates the means of achieving something. In the sentence 'crossing one threshold after another' is the means of achieving something.
The correct sentence will be-
Progress in life depends on a good deal by crossing one threshold after another.