English grammar error-spotting (preposition with ‘‘awake’’—‘‘awake to’’ not ‘‘awake in’’): Find the single erroneous segment among A–D; choose ‘‘No error’’ only if none is wrong. Focus on idiomatic preposition after ‘‘awake’’: ‘‘Locke's treatises on government toleration and education / show a mind fully awake in / the possibilities of social reconstruction. / No error.’’

Verbal Ability Spotting Errors Difficulty: Easy
Choose an option
  • A
    Locke's treatises on government toleration and education
  • B
    show a mind fully awake in
  • C
    the possibilities of social reconstruction.
  • D
    No error.

Answer

Correct Answer: show a mind fully awake in

Explanation

Given data

  • B: ‘‘show a mind fully awake in’’

Concept / ApproachThe idiom is ‘‘awake to’’ meaning ‘‘alert to; aware of’’. ‘‘Awake in’’ miscollocates the preposition.

Correction‘‘… show a mind fully awake to the possibilities of social reconstruction.’’

VerificationThe sentence now reads naturally and preserves the intended meaning of intellectual alertness.

Common pitfalls

  • Using ‘‘in’’ by analogy with ‘‘interested in’’—different verb, different pattern.

Final Answershow a mind fully awake in

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