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    Question

    All year Daly had imitated that (A)/he was ready to

    step down (B)/and last night reports of his resignation (C)/did not come as any surprise (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 тАШNo errorтАЩ as your answer (Ignore the errors of punctuation, if any).
    A All year Daly had imitated that Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    B he was ready to step down Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    C and last night reports of his resignation Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    D did not come as any surprise Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    E No error Correct Answer Incorrect Answer

    Solution

    Here, the word тАШimitatedтАЩ is wrong. It means тАШto behave in a similar way to someone or something else, or to copy the speech or behaviour, etc. of someone or somethingтАЩ. The correct word is тАШintimatedтАЩ. The verb тАШintimateтАЩ means тАШto make clear what you think or want without saying it directlyтАЩ. All year Daly had intimated that he was ready to step down and last night reports of his resignation did not come as any surprise.┬а┬а┬а┬а┬а┬а┬а┬а┬а┬а┬а┬а┬а

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