If you say that someone you admire has feet of clay, you mean that they have hidden faults.
- (a)If you say that someone
- (b)you admire has feet of clay,
- (c)you mean that they have hidden faults.
- (d)No error
Correct — D, No error. The sentence is grammatically sound throughout — 'has feet of clay' is used correctly as an idiom (a hidden weakness in someone admired), and the singular 'they' for an unspecified person is standard — so no segment needs correcting.
- (a)If you say that someone — Error-free — a well-formed opening to a conditional definition.
- (b)you admire has feet of clay, — Error-free — 'someone you admire has feet of clay' uses the idiom correctly with the right verb form.
- (c)you mean that they have hidden faults. — Error-free — the singular 'they' for an unspecified 'someone' is standard, and 'have hidden faults' agrees with it.
This is an error-spotting item — every segment is grammatically correct, so the right response is 'No error'.
No directly related past PYQ was found.
- practice — not a real PYQ
Spot the error: (a) Everyone who / (b) attended the meeting / (c) shared their views freely. / (d) No error
- (a)Everyone who
- (b)attended the meeting
- (c)shared their views freely.
- (d)No error
Answer(d) No error — singular 'everyone' with 'their' is accepted standard usage.
- practice — not a real PYQ
The idiom 'feet of clay' means —
- (a)great physical strength
- (b)a hidden weakness or flaw in someone admired
- (c)extreme wealth
- (d)poor footwear
Answer(b) a hidden weakness or flaw in someone admired — the sense used in the sentence.