Sentence Correction - English Grammar - CAT 2009

Questions

1. In this particular job we have discovered that to be diligent is more important than being bright.

   (1)	by being diligent is important than being bright.
   (2)	being diligent is more important than being bright.
   (3)	diligence is more important than brightness.
   (4)	for one to be diligent is more important than being bright.

   
   
2. No one but him could have told them that the king was I.

   (1)	he could have told them that the king was me.
   (2)	him could have told them the king was me.
   (3)	he could have told them that the king was I.
   (4)	him could have told them that the king was I.

   
   
3. If she were I, she would have accepted the prize had she won it.

   (1)	was I, she would have accepted the prize if she had won it.
   (2)	was I, she would have accepted the prize she had won.
   (3)	were I, she would have accepted the prize if she would have won it.
   (4)	were I, she would have accepted the prize had she won it.

Explanations

1. Parallel construction error in the original statement. A similar form is required on each side of the comparison. “Diligence - brightness”
2. The given statement grammatically correct. “But” is always followed by objective pronoun (him).
3. Past perfect tense is required in the conditional clause “if she had won it”. Also, “I” is required after a form of the verb “to be”. And any hypothetical situation of “If I were she” or “If she were I” will have were and not was.