Banking Exams English — Question 1864
Question
Identify the part of the sentence that contains an error: 'She could not help (A)/ but laughing at the (B)/ funny joke he cracked. (C)/ No error (D)'
- She could not help
- but laughing at the
- funny joke he cracked.
- No error
Correct answer
B — but laughing at the
Explanation (English)
The structure 'could not help but' takes a bare infinitive: 'could not help but laugh'. Alternatively 'could not help laughing' is correct. 'could not help but laughing' mixes the two constructions, so part (B) is erroneous.
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