Sushma is negligent A of her duty B but not neglectful of C her appearance D No error E ...

Directions: Read each sentence given below and find out whether there is an error in it. The error, if any will be one of the parts of the sentence which are marked as a, b, c ,d and e. If there is no error, the answer will be (e) i.e. No error. (Ignore the errors of punctuation, if any).

Sushma is negligent (A)/ of her duty (B)/ but not neglectful of (C)/ her appearance. (D)/ No error. (E)

Write ' in' in place of 'of' in section (B).

The preposition in is used with negligent and not with neglectful. With neglectful, we always use of. Neglectful of means. being in the habit of neglecting things or people. So, the correct sentence will be: " Sushma is negligent in her duty but not neglectful of her appearance."

By: Brijesh Kumar