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Even if / the teacher has completed the / course the students cannot pass / unless they study themself.

A. Even if

B. the teacher has completed the

C. course the students cannot pass

D. unless they study themself

E. No Error

Answer: Option D

Solution (By Examveda Team)

The sentence is: "Even if / the teacher has completed the / course the students cannot pass / unless they study themself."

1. "Even if": This part is perfectly fine. It means 'although' or 'despite the fact that'.
2. "the teacher has completed the": This part is also correct. The verb 'has completed' is in the Present Perfect tense, which is suitable here.
3. "course the students cannot pass": This part is also grammatically correct. 'cannot pass' is a correct usage.
4. "unless they study themself": Let's focus on this part.
* The word 'themself' is the mistake here.
* When the subject of the sentence is 'they' (which is a plural pronoun, referring to 'students'), we need to use the correct reflexive pronoun.
* For a plural subject like 'they', the correct reflexive pronoun is 'themselves'.
* 'Themself' is an incorrect form in standard English. It should always be 'themselves' when referring to a plural group.

So, the correct sentence should be: "Even if the teacher has completed the course, the students cannot pass unless they study themselves."

Therefore, the error is in the part "unless they study themself".

The correct answer is Option D.

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Comments (1)

  1. Nisha Dhama
    Nisha Dhama:
    2 weeks ago

    is can not and unless both use in the same sentence, pls explain this to me. Bcz I do not understand it well tell me rule of it

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