JIPMAT 2024 (VA) - Identify the error in the sentence given below having three components marked as (i), (ii), and (iii) :(i) I was disappointed (ii) when I came for seeing you last evening (iii) but could not find you at home. | PYQs + Solutions

JIPMAT 2024

Grammar

Grammatical Error

Medium

Identify the error in the sentence given below having three components marked as (i), (ii), and (iii) :
(i) I was disappointed (ii) when I came for seeing you last evening (iii) but could not find you at home.

(i)

(ii)

(iii)

(ii) and (iii)

✅ Correct Option: 2

Let us analyze the sentence components and then identify the correct option:

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Sentence: (i) I was disappointed (ii) when I came for seeing you last evening (iii) but could not find you at home.

Analysis of components:

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Component	Analysis
Component (i)	"I was disappointed" $\newline$ This is grammatically correct. There is no error here.
Component (ii)	"when I came for seeing you last evening" $\newline$ This contains a grammatical error. $\newline$ The correct phrasing should be "when I came to see you last evening" (not "for seeing").
Component (iii)	"but could not find you at home" $\newline$ This is grammatically correct. There is no error here.

Therefore, the error is only in component (ii) of the sentence.

Hence, the correct option is Option 2.

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Identify the error in the sentence given below having three components marked as (i), (ii), and (iii) :(i) I was disappointed (ii) when I came for seeing you last evening (iii) but could not find you at home.

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Identify the error in the sentence given below having three components marked as (i), (ii), and (iii) :
(i) I was disappointed (ii) when I came for seeing you last evening (iii) but could not find you at home.