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    He received a lot (A)/ of useful advices from his (B)/ experienced coach before (C)/ the big championship game. (D)
    Question

    Read each sentence to find out whether there is any grammatical or idiomatic error in it. The error, if any, will be in one part of the sentence. The corresponding letter of that part is the answer. If the given sentence is correct as it is, then choose option ‘No error’ as your answer response. (Ignore errors of punctuation, if any).


    He received a lot (A)/ of useful advices from his (B)/ experienced coach before (C)/ the big championship game. (D)

    A.

    A

    B.

    B

    C.

    C

    D.

    D

    E.

    No Error

    Correct option is B

    Correct Answer: (B)

    Explanation:
    The error is in the phrase “useful advices”. The word “advice” is an uncountable noun (अगणनीय संज्ञा) and therefore cannot take a plural form.

    Grammar Rule:
    Uncountable nouns (such as advice, information, furniture, luggage) do not have plural forms and are not used with “-s/es”.
    If quantity needs to be expressed, phrases like “a piece of advice”, “some advice”, or “a lot of advice” are used instead.

    • Incorrect: advices
    • Correct: advice

    Correct sentence:
    He received a lot of useful advice from his experienced coach before the big championship game.

    Part-wise analysis:
    (A) He received a lot – correct
    (B) of useful advices – incorrect (violates uncountable noun rule)
    (C) from his – correct
    (D) experienced coach before – correct

    Thus, the error is in part (B).

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