Question

    The other route would (A)/see the fruits of eight years

    (B)/of growth whither on the vine (C)/through inaction and lack of imagination (D). 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 The other route would Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    B see the fruits of eight years Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    C of growth whither on the vine Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    D through inaction and lack of imagination Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    E No error Correct Answer Incorrect Answer

    Solution

    The word ‘whither’ means ‘to where’. It is inappropriate here. The correct word is ‘wither’, which means ‘to become weak and dry and decay’. The other route would see the fruits of eight years of growth wither on the vine through inaction and lack of imagination.

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