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- The dog is still live. (wrong)
- The dog is still alive. (correct)
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- Explanation : Alive means 'having life' and live as an adjective means 'not dead, living'. In the predicative use, alive is used as a qualifier.
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- He works hard than his brother. (wrong)
- He works harder than his brother. (correct)
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- Explanation : When two situations are compared, we use the comparative form of the adverb, i.e., harder.
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- He has much money than all of us. (wrong)
- He has more money than all of us. (correct)
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- Explanation : The comparative form of much is more. We need a comparative form here.
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- I have looked all places. (wrong)
- I have looked everywhere. (correct)
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- Explanation : Everywhere means 'in all places'. The first sentence needs an 'in' before 'all places'.
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- She is angry with him still. (wrong)
- She is still angry with him. (correct)
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- Explanation : Still modifies angry and must precede it.
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- The hospital is not open. (wrong)
- The hospital is not yet open. (correct)
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- Explanation : Yet (meaning still) modifies open and must be adjacent to it.
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- Never before I had seen such a show. (wrong)
- Never before had I seen such a show. (correct)
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- Explanation : Where a sentence begins with never (before) the auxiliary verb precedes its subject.
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- When I called Harry, he said that he was not feeling finely. (wrong)
- When I called Harry, he said that he was not feeling fine. (correct)
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- Explanation : Finely does not exist as an adverb, fine is both an adjective and an adverb.
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- I need a large piece of a course cloth. (wrong)
- I need a large piece of a coarse cloth. (correct)
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- Explanation : Course means 'direction' and is a noun. Coarse means 'rough' and is the correct word in this context.
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- He threw a party on his birthday as usually. (wrong)
- He threw a party on his birthday as udual. (correct)
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- Explanation : Usually, an adverb, means 'habitually', Usual is an adjective. We can say 'as usual' but not 'as usually'.
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- I dislike cleverly children. (wrong)
- I dislike clever children. (correct)
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- Explanation : Cleverly, an adverb, cannot qualify a non.
Shared by Bhargav Gupta Yechuri
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