We were discussing about the issue.
- (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. 'Discuss' is a transitive verb that takes a direct object with no preposition, so 'discussing about' is wrong; it should be 'We were discussing the issue.'
Why the others are wrong
- (a)Error in the first underlined part — 'We were' is grammatically correct.
- (c)Error in the third underlined part — 'the issue' is a correct direct object.
- (d)No error — The sentence does contain an error — the superfluous 'about' after 'discussing'.
Concept
A transitive-verb item — 'discuss' takes a direct object directly, with no 'about' in between.
Related PYQs
No directly related past PYQ was found.
Practice
- practice — not a real PYQ
Choose the correct sentence.
- (a)Let us discuss about the plan.
- (b)Let us discuss the plan.
- (c)Let us discuss on the plan.
- (d)Let us discuss for the plan.
Answer(b) Let us discuss the plan — 'discuss' takes a direct object.
- practice — not a real PYQ
Fill in the blank: They met to ____ the proposal.
- (a)discuss about
- (b)discuss
- (c)discuss on
- (d)discuss over
Answer(b) discuss — no preposition follows the verb.