This building comprises of six houses, three parking lots and one basement.
- (a)Error in the first underlined part
- (b)Error in the second underlined part
- (c)Error in the third underlined part
- (d)No error
Answer
B
Why
Correct — B, Error in the second underlined part. 'Comprise' already means 'consist of', so it is not followed by 'of'; the redundant 'comprises of' should be simply 'comprises' — 'This building comprises six houses...'
Why the others are wrong
- (a)Error in the first underlined part — The opening subject 'This building' is grammatically correct and contains no error.
- (c)Error in the third underlined part — The list of items ('six houses, three parking lots and one basement') is grammatically fine.
- (d)No error — The sentence does contain an error — the redundant 'of' after 'comprises'.
Concept
A verb-usage error item — 'comprise' means 'consist of' and is never followed by 'of'.
Related PYQs
No directly related past PYQ was found.
Practice
- practice — not a real PYQ
Which sentence is correct?
- (a)The team comprises of five players.
- (b)The team comprises five players.
- (c)The team is comprises five players.
- (d)The team comprise of five players.
Answer(b) The team comprises five players — 'comprise' is not followed by 'of'.
- practice — not a real PYQ
Fill in the blank: The committee ____ ten members.
- (a)comprises of
- (b)comprises
- (c)comprise of
- (d)comprising of
Answer(b) comprises — 'comprise' already means 'consist of'.