SSC CGL 2022 PYQ — Question 7

SSC CGL - 21 April 2022 - Shift 2 • English • Q7

The following sentence has been split into segments. One of them may contain an error.
Identify the segment that contains a grammatical error. If you don’t find any error, mark ‘No
error’ as your answer.

Among you and me /she is quite rude / to the boy.

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Correct answer: A

Explanation

The correct answer is option 1 i.e. Among you and me

  • The first part of the given sentence is erroneous in nature.
  • Always remember that among is always used when more than two people or things are being referred.
  • But in the given sentence only two people are being talked about. 
  • Thus, 'among' should be replaced with 'between'.

The correct sentence is:

Between you and me she is quite rude to the boy.