SSC CPO 2024 PYQ — Question 125

SSC CPO Tier II - 8 Jan 2024 • English • Q125

Parts of the given sentence have been given as options. One of them contains a grammatical error. Select the option that has the error.

You can take a horse to the water but you cannot make it to drink.

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Correct answer: B

Explanation

The correct answer is Option 2 i.e. make it to drink.

The error in "make it to drink" lies in the incorrect use of the infinitive "to drink." In English, after verbs like "make," we use the base form of the verb directly, without "to."

Therefore, it should be "make it drink" rather than "make it to drink."

The corrected sentence is: "You can take a horse to the water, but you cannot make it drink."