English grammar error-spotting (prepositions with days; article with ‘‘Board meeting’’): Choose the erroneous segment; pick ‘‘No error’’ only if all parts are correct: ‘‘Will you be / at Board meeting / on next Wednesday? / No error.’
Verbal Ability
Spotting Errors
Difficulty: Easy
Choose an option
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AWill you be
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Bat Board meeting
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Con next Wednesday?
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DNo error.
Answer
Correct Answer: on next Wednesday?
Explanation
Given data
- C uses ‘‘on next Wednesday’’.
Concept / ApproachWith deictic modifiers like ‘‘next/last/this’’ before a day, drop the preposition ‘‘on’’: ‘‘next Wednesday’’, not ‘‘on next Wednesday’’. (Also, in formal style add the article to B: ‘‘at the Board meeting’’.)
Correction‘‘Will you be at the Board meeting next Wednesday?’’
Common pitfalls
- Keeping ‘‘on’’ before ‘‘next/last/this’’ with days.
- Omitting ‘‘the’’ before a specific meeting name/title (stylistic improvement).
Final Answeron next Wednesday?