Direction: Parts of the following sentence have been given as options. One of them may contain an error. Select the part that contains the error from the given options. If you don't find any error, mark 'No error' as your answer.

You can fool some of the people all the time, and all the people some of the time; but you cannot fool all the people all the time.

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  1. No error
  2. You can fool some of the people all the time 
  3. and all the people some of the time
  4. but you cannot fool all the people all the time.

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Option 1 : No error
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The correct answer is "No error."

Key Points

  • The sentence is grammatically correct and makes logical sense.
  • The use of the semicolon ( ; ) is appropriate to separate the two independent clauses.
  • The phrase "some of the time" is used correctly to indicate that not all people can be fooled all the time.
  • There are no errors in subject-verb agreement or word choice.
  • The correct answer is Option 1.
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