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Common Error

Question
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In the following questions, some of the sentences have errors and some have none. Find out which part of a sentence has an error. The number of that part is your answer. If there is no error, your answer is (4). i.e., No error.

Neither he or his wife has arrived.

  • has arrived

  • Neither he

  • No Error

  • or his wife

Solution

D.

or his wife

Neither .....nor; Either ....or; is the right pair of words. Hence, nor his wife should be used.

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