The new regulations prohibit employees from disclosing confidential information.
No error. Prohibit + object + from + gerund is correct.
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Several employees objected to working beyond their scheduled hours.
No error. Object to + gerund is correct because to is a preposition.
I wish I had paid greater attention to the instructions.
No error. Wish + past perfect expresses regret about the past.
Without adequate preparation, the candidate would not have succeeded in the final examination.
No error. Without can introduce an implied past condition with would have + past participle.
But for your timely intervention, the situation would have become much worse.
No error. But for means if it had not been for.
Were I to receive the scholarship, I will pursue higher studies abroad.
Were I to receive expresses a hypothetical condition and normally pairs with would. Correct: Were I to receive the scholarship, I would pursue hi…
Had the authorities acted promptly, the damage could have been minimised.
No error. The inverted third conditional is correctly formed.
If she were more experienced, she would handle the situation more effectively.
No error. This is a correct second conditional expressing a hypothetical present situation.
If I had known about the vacancy, I would have applied for it.
No error. This is a correct third conditional.
Should any candidate require assistance, the invigilator will provide guidance.
No error. Should + subject + base verb is a formal conditional inversion.
Were the proposal approved, the project would commence immediately.
No error. This is an inverted hypothetical conditional equivalent to If the proposal were approved.
Seldom have I witnessed such a remarkable improvement in performance.
No error. Seldom + auxiliary + subject + main verb is correct.
Little did the applicants realise how difficult the final stage would be.
No error. Initial negative little correctly triggers inversion.
Under no circumstances should the confidential documents be shared with unauthorised persons.
No error. The negative introductory phrase correctly triggers inversion.
No sooner had the meeting started than the chairman received an urgent message.
No error. No sooner...than is the correct structure.
Hardly had the examination begun when the electricity supply was interrupted.
No error. The correct correlative structure is hardly/scarcely...when.
Never before had the department received so many applications in a single day.
No error. Initial never before correctly triggers inversion.
The scissors kept in the drawer is no longer sharp.
Scissors is a plural-form noun and normally takes a plural verb. Correct: The scissors kept in the drawer are no longer sharp.
Neither of the two reports provides sufficient evidence to support the allegation.
No error. Singular agreement with neither of is standard in formal examination English.
Mathematics is compulsory for all candidates appearing in this examination.
No error. Names of academic subjects such as mathematics normally take singular verbs.
The information provided by the witnesses were carefully examined.
Information is uncountable and grammatically singular. Correct: The information provided by the witnesses was carefully examined.
She is the only one of the applicants who has qualified for the final interview.
No error. In the only one of the applicants who..., the relative clause can refer to the singular only one, so has is correct.
The manager, along with several senior officers, was present at the meeting.
No error. The singular subject manager correctly takes was.
Two-thirds of the land has already been acquired for the project.
No error. The verb agrees with the uncountable noun land, so has is correct.