In the following questions, one part of the sentence may have an error. Find out which part of the sentence has an error and click the option corresponding to it. If the sentence is free from error, click the 'No Error' option.

Encouraging healthy competition(P)/ between the students of the school(Q)/ was one of the objectives of the annual sports day(R)/ No error (S).

The correct answer is Q.

Key Points

• In the above-given sentence, 'between' will be replaced by 'among'.
• 'Between' can be used for any number of elements as long as the elements are separate or distinct.
  • For Example - Negotiations between the member states collapsed last night.
• 'Among' is used when talking about people or things that are not distinct and are viewed as a group.
  • For Example -There wasn’t much unity among the council members.
• Here the students are more than two in number (i.e. they represent a group) so the word 'between' will not be used not used and since 'the students' in the given sentence are a part of a class of people so the word 'among' should be used here.
• The distinction between the two words can be illustrated with the help of the following examples:
  • She divided her fortune equally among her four children.
  • The candies were shared equally between me and my brother.
     

Thus the correct sentence is: Encouraging healthy competition among the students of the school was one of the objectives of the annual sports day.

Hinglish

• ऊपर दिए गए वाक्य में 'between' 'among' से बदल दिया जाएगा।
• 'Between' का उपयोग किसी भी संख्या में तत्वों के लिए किया जा सकता है जब तक कि तत्व अलग या अलग होते हैं।
  • उदाहरण के लिए - Negotiations between the member states collapsed last night.
• 'Among' का उपयोग उन लोगों या चीजों के बारे में बात करने के लिए किया जाता है जो अलग नहीं होते हैं और एक समूह के रूप में देखे जाते हैं।
  • उदाहरण के लिए- There wasn’t much unity among the council members.
• यहां छात्र संख्या में दो से अधिक हैं (अर्थात वे एक समूह का प्रतिनिधित्व करते हैं) इसलिए 'between' शब्द का उपयोग नहीं किया जाएगा और चूंकि दिए गए वाक्य में 'the students' लोगों के वर्ग का एक हिस्सा है इसलिए शब्द 'among' का इस्तेमाल किया जाना चाहिए।
• दो शब्दों के बीच अंतर को निम्नलिखित उदाहरणों की मदद से चित्रित किया जा सकता है:
  • She divided her fortune equally among her four children.
  • The candies were shared equally between me and my brother.
     

इस प्रकार सही वाक्य है: Encouraging healthy competition among the students of the school was one of the objectives of the annual sports day.