Commonly confusing words for cloze test and common errors Group G

1.Whose and Who’s.

Whose shows relation and Who’s mean “who is” are generally used to make a question.

(Whose अर्थात् किसका और Who’s अर्थात् कौन है।)

Example

Whose is this box?

Who’s at your room?

2.Rain,Reign and Rein.

Rain is a verb and Reign is also a verb but Rein is a noun.

Rain- Drops of water fall from cloud.Reign- Reign means to make rule over and where as Rein mean administration means all the empowerment in one’s hand.

(Rain और Reign दोनो क्रिया है किंतु Rein एक संज्ञा है, Rain अर्थात् वर्षा और Reign का मतलब शासन करना जब्कि Rein का तात्पर्य बागडोर, जिसके हाँथ में लगाम होती है।)

Example

It’s raining cats and dogs.

Samrat Ashok reign over Kalinga.

Whenever the reins were pulled the dog stooped barking.

3.Ordinance and Ordnance.