Robert Bosch Error Identification Quiz 4

Explanation: The comparison should be between the car owned by the father and the car owned by the brother. Therefore, "my brother's" should replace "my brother" in order to maintain parallelism.

Correct answer: economical

Explanation: The word "economic" should be used instead of "economical" to describe the downturn.

 

Explanation: The verb should agree with the subject closest to it. Since "sisters" is plural, the verb "have" should be used instead of "has."

Explanation: The phrase "true or not" is redundant as "true" already implies the negation "not."

Correct answer: expected to effect

Explanation: The verb "affect" should be used instead of "effect" to indicate that the regulations will bring about changes. On the other hand, ‘effect is usually a noun that you would use to indicate the result of a change.

 

Correct answer: of

Explanation: The word "of" should be omitted after "Despite." Additionally, the phrase "managed to complete" is correct, indicating Mark's successful completion of the project.  Therefore, the correct sentence should be “Despite his busy schedule, Mark managed to complete the project ahead of time.

Explanation: The phrase "along with his research team" is a prepositional phrase and does not affect the subject-verb agreement. Therefore, the singular verb "is working" should be used instead of "are working."

Correct answer: each of the book

Explanation: The verb "contains" is correct as it agrees with the singular subject "each." Therefore, the option “contains” is not the error. The use of "that" in the option “that I borrowed” is also correct.

However, in the option “Each of the book” the word “book” should be replaced with “books”  because the adjective each is always followed by a singular noun.

Correct answer: had submitted

Explanation: The subject "committee members" is plural, and the verb should be "have submitted" instead of "has submitted."

The correct sentence should be “The committee members, as well as the chairman, have submitted their reports for review.”

Correct answer: no errors

Explanation: This sentence is grammatically correct and hence, it has no errors