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English · Q17

Common Error Detection

Competitive Exams · English · question 17

Q17

As our room was / upstairs, so we/ didn't hear him.

A.
As our room was
B.
upstairs, so we
Answer
C.
didn't hear him
D.
No error

Answer: Option B

Solution

Answer: Option B
Solution:
Change, upstairs, so we → upstairs, we.
When a sentence is started with 'as', then 'so' should not be used in the middle of the two clauses as a linker.