You don’t have a monopoly on suffering; other people don’t have problems too.
- (a)You don’t have
- (b)a monopoly on suffering;
- (c)other people don’t have problems too.
- (d)No error
Correct — C, 'other people don’t have problems too.'. The sentence means you are not the only one who suffers, so the second clause should read 'other people have problems too'. The extra 'don’t' reverses that intended meaning and clashes with the contrast set up by the first clause, making segment (c) the error.
- (a)You don’t have — Error-free — 'You don’t have a monopoly on...' is a correct, idiomatic construction.
- (b)a monopoly on suffering; — Error-free — 'a monopoly on something' is the right collocation and the semicolon is used correctly.
- (d)No error — Cannot be chosen, because segment (c) does contain an error (the illogical 'don’t').
This is an error-spotting item — the added negative 'don’t' in the last clause contradicts the sentence's meaning that others also suffer.
No directly related past PYQ was found.
- practice — not a real PYQ
Spot the error: (a) She is not / (b) the only one / (c) who don’t face difficulties. / (d) No error
- (a)She is not
- (b)the only one
- (c)who don’t face difficulties.
- (d)No error
Answer(c) who don’t face difficulties. — the negative reverses the meaning; it should be 'who faces difficulties'.
- practice — not a real PYQ
Spot the error: (a) Hardly anyone / (b) in the class / (c) did not pass the test. / (d) No error
- (a)Hardly anyone
- (b)in the class
- (c)did not pass the test.
- (d)No error
Answer(c) did not pass the test. — 'hardly' is already negative, so 'did not' is a wrong double negative.