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English · 2026 · 1 mark
CBSE 2026 · Region 5 · Set 1 · Q3
Find the error in the following sentence and supply the correction : I was disappointed to see that in the library there was less books on the subject than expected. Error Correction
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From CBSE’s own marking scheme for this paper.
Error – was ; Correction – were
Error- was less; Correction-were fewer
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