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
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ALocke's treatises on government toleration and education
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Bshow a mind fully awake in
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Cthe possibilities of social reconstruction.
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DNo 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