Usage of Comma
Description: Usage of a Comma | |
Number of Questions: 20 | |
Created by: Akash Patel | |
Tags: Comma Punctuations Structural Errors |
Directions: Find the sentence/part of the sentence having an error/errors with regard to the usage of a comma.
(i) Buddhism has at its heart the wisdom of understanding the mind. (ii) From Buddhism and other Eastern spiritual traditions, we know that there are two main types of life force energy: internal and external. (iii) External life force energy exists within plants, flowers, trees, rocks, minerals, crystals, etc.
Directions: Find the sentence/part of the sentence having an error/errors with regard to the usage of a comma.
(i) “Realisation” said Swami Vivekananda (ii) “is real religion, all the rest is only preparation - (iii) hearing lectures, or reading books, or reasoning, is merely preparing the ground; it is not religion.”
Directions: From the given sentences, find the sentence/part of the sentence having an error/errors with regard to the usage of a comma and mark it as your answer.
(i) Paulo Coelho, the author of several best-selling books, was born in Rio in August 1947. (ii) Early on Paulo dreamed of an artistic career. (iii) Paulo’s parents, however, had different plans for him.
Directions: Find the sentence/part of the sentence having an error/errors with regard to the usage of a comma.
(i) One afternoon they passed by the encampment of one of the tribes. (ii) “There’s no danger” the boy said, when they had moved on past the encampment. (iii) And suddenly, two horsemen appeared from behind the travellers.
Directions: Find the sentence/part of the sentence having an error/errors with regard to the usage of a comma.
(i) The healing essence of the flower remedies (ii) seems to transcend and go beyond the duality of an internal and external world toward (iii) a balanced completeness, unity and wholeness.
Directions: Find the sentence/part of the sentence having an error/errors with regard to the usage of a comma.
(i) The Englishman said, “Maybe this is an omen.” (ii) The boy’s interest was increasing by the moment. (iii) “Everything in life is an omen” said the Englishman.
Directions: Find the sentence/part of the sentence having an error/errors with regard to the usage of a comma.
(i) They enjoy being in high altitudes. (ii) Naturally when they bought an apartment, they chose the uppermost floor. (iii) Ah, what joy to feel the air blowing in your face…!
Directions: Find the sentence/part of the sentence having an error/errors with regard to the usage of a comma.
(i) Hey, come on! I was just joking… (ii) You should learn to lighten up a bit, shouldn’t you? (iii) That way, you can avoid a lot of unnecessary heartache…
Directions: Find the sentence/part of the sentence having an error/errors with regard to the usage of a comma.
(i) At the supermarket she bought (ii) two loaves of bread a packet of Italian cheese, fresh herbs and vegetables, and a bar of butter (iii) to make her sandwiches for the picnic.
Directions: Find the sentence/part of the sentence having an error/errors with regard to the usage of a comma.
(i) The stronger they are the harder they fall... (ii) People in responsible positions should be extremely conscious about every move they make. (iii) Because, the result of their mistake will have an impact on the lives of several people.
Directions: Find the sentence/part of the sentence having an error/errors with regard to the usage of a comma.
(i) According to Patanjali, mere repetition of God’s name is, of course, insufficient. (ii) We must also meditate upon, its meaning. (iii) If we persevere in our repetition, it will lead us into meditation.
Directions: Find the sentence/part of the sentence having an error/errors with regard to the usage of a comma.
(i) He was now gone, forever… (ii) Of course, her heart was adamant about not accepting the fact. (iii) “I’ll be back in an hour I promise,” he had said.
Directions: Find the sentence/part of the sentence having an error/errors with regard to the usage of a comma.
(i) A Nobel Prize-winning neuroscientist Dr. Gerald Edelman has pointed out (ii) that the brain is much, more like a process than a thing, (iii) and this process is continually evolving.
Directions: Find the sentence/part of the sentence having an error/errors with regard to the usage of a comma.
(i) In the scientific reality Eddington said Earth is a speck of matter whirling around a mediocre star. (ii) Both of them cast adrift among billions of more important stellar objects. (iii) But in the human reality, Earth remains the centre of the universe.
Directions: Find the sentence/part of the sentence having an error/errors with regard to the usage of a comma.
(i) Are you keeping your options open, Ram? (ii) Yes, Karan, I would definitely like to be cautious in this regard. (iii) Consider the pros and cons, dear friend, before arriving at the conclusions.
Directions: Find the sentence/part of the sentence having an error/errors with regard to the usage of a comma.
(i) Unlike any computer, we remember, reconsider, and change our minds. (ii) The universe was created once, but we re-create ourselves with every thought. (iii) Everything in short depends upon how well you can build in silence.
Directions: Find the sentence/part of the sentence having an error/errors with regard to the usage of a comma.
(i) R.K. Narayan’s brother R. K. Laxman is a famous cartoonist. (ii) His depiction of, the common man, in his cartoons is loved by the masses. (iii) He is, in all probability, India’s premier cartoonist.
Directions: Find the sentence/part of the sentence having an error/errors with regard to the usage of a comma.
(i) Ignorance, says Patanjali, creates all other obstacles to enlightenment. (ii) It is the samskaras, the powerful mental tendencies, which drive us to perform ever-recurring acts of sin. (iii) And so, the obstacles grow automatically through the power of desire, pride, rage and fear.
Directions: Find the sentence/part of the sentence having an error/errors with regard to the usage of a comma.
(i) “Look, I’ve had enough of this noise!” (ii) “Sadly, this noise will persist for two more days…” (iii) “There must be some way to get rid of it isn’t there?”
Directions: Find the sentence/part of the sentence having an error/errors with regard to the usage of a comma.
(i) The term homeopathy comes from (ii) two Greek roots, that mean ‘similar suffering’; (iii) this points to the fundamental homeopathic principle that ‘like treats like’.