The greatest glory in life is to be able to realize ones dreams and ambitions without trampling on those of others.
- (a)The greatest glory in life
- (b)is to be able to realize ones dreams and ambitions
- (c)without trampling on those of others.
- (d)No error
Correct — B, 'is to be able to realize ones dreams and ambitions.' The possessive of the pronoun 'one' takes an apostrophe — 'one's dreams and ambitions', not 'ones'. The missing apostrophe makes segment (b) the error.
- (a)The greatest glory in life — Error-free — a correctly formed noun phrase acting as the subject.
- (c)without trampling on those of others. — Error-free — 'those of others' correctly stands in for 'the dreams and ambitions of others'.
- (d)No error — There is an error — the possessive 'one's' is written without its apostrophe as 'ones' — so 'No error' is not the answer.
This is an error-spotting item on the possessive apostrophe — the pronoun 'one' forms its possessive as 'one's', not the apostrophe-less plural 'ones'.
No directly related past PYQ was found.
- practice — not a real PYQ
Spot the error: (a) One must respect / (b) ones elders / (c) at all times. / (d) No error
- (a)One must respect
- (b)ones elders
- (c)at all times.
- (d)No error
Answer(b) ones elders — the possessive of 'one' needs an apostrophe: 'one's elders'.
- practice — not a real PYQ
Choose the correct form: It is important to keep ___ promises.
- (a)ones
- (b)one's
- (c)ones'
- (d)one
Answer(b) one's — the possessive form of the pronoun 'one' is 'one's'.