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    Question

    I quit my job at the law firm (A)/because I developed

    (B)/high blood pressure from always (C)/burning the candle at both ends (D). No error (E) Directions: Read each sentence to find out whether there is any grammatical error in it. The error, if any, will be in one part of the sentence. Mark the part with the error as your answer. If there is no error, mark ‘No error’ as your answer (Ignore the errors of punctuation, if any).
    A A Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    B B Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    C C Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    D D Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    E E Correct Answer Incorrect Answer

    Solution

    The idiom ‘burn the candle at both the ends‘ means ‘to work or do other things from early in the morning until late at night and so get very little rest’. So, it is correct here.

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