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Common Error Detection

Competitive Exams · English · question 518

Q518

Find out whether there is any grammatical error in below sentence. Generally, people have not receptive / and fail to notice the / irrelevant answers they / get for straight questions.

A.
Generally, people have not receptive
Answer
B.
and fail to notice the
C.
irrelevant answers they
D.
get for straight questions
E.
No error

Answer: Option A

Solution

Answer: Option A
Solution:
The grammatical error is in the phrase "have not receptive". The word "receptive" is an adjective, but it is used incorrectly here. The correct form should be the adjective "receptive" followed by the preposition "to", forming the phrase "receptive to". Therefore, the correct phrase should be "have not been receptive to".

So, the correct sentence should be:
Generally, people have not been receptive to

Therefore, the grammatically correct version of the sentence is obtained by replacing Option A with the corrected phrase.