A honest mistake is no more than that; just an honest mistake.
- (a)A honest mistake
- (b)is no more than that;
- (c)just an honest mistake.
- (d)No error
Correct — A, 'A honest mistake.' The choice between 'a' and 'an' depends on sound, not spelling: 'honest' opens with a silent 'h' (a vowel sound), so it needs 'an' — 'An honest mistake', exactly as segment (c) later writes it. The article 'a' makes segment (a) the error.
- (b)is no more than that; — Error-free — a correctly formed clause, and the semicolon is properly placed.
- (c)just an honest mistake. — Error-free — 'an honest mistake' correctly uses 'an' before the vowel sound of the silent 'h'.
- (d)No error — There is an error — 'A honest' should be 'An honest' before the vowel sound — so 'No error' is not the answer.
This is an error-spotting item on the a/an rule — the article is chosen by the sound that follows, so words with a silent 'h' ('honest', 'hour') take 'an'.
No directly related past PYQ was found.
- practice — not a real PYQ
Spot the error: (a) He waited for / (b) a hour / (c) at the station. / (d) No error
- (a)He waited for
- (b)a hour
- (c)at the station.
- (d)No error
Answer(b) a hour — 'hour' begins with a silent 'h' (vowel sound), so it needs 'an hour'.
- practice — not a real PYQ
Choose the correct article: She is ___ university student.
- (a)an
- (b)a
- (c)the
- (d)no article
Answer(b) a — 'university' begins with a 'yoo' (consonant) sound, so it takes 'a', not 'an'.