Question

In cases like these having a telephone is more of a curse than a blessing.

Answer 1

We can see here the question is incomplete. I have provided the complete passage and answer below:

• Should read "these, having"

What is a sentence?

A sentence is defined as a group of words that make up a complete thought. It usually have a subject and a predicate.

The complete part of the given question is seen below:

What is wrong with the italic underlined words?

Not many of us would want to do without our telephone but there are times when the phone is a source of anxiety. For example, I

might have been walking up to my front door. When the phone rang. I struggled to find my key, to unlock the door, and getting to

the phone quickly. The phone would not stop ringing the instant I picked up the receiver, then I wondered if I missed the call that

would have made me an millionaire or introduced me to the love of my life. Another time, I may have call in sick to work with a

phony excuse. All day long, you were afraid to leave the house in case the boss calls back. And asked if I were feeling well enough

to go out after work yesterday. In addition I worried that I might have accidentally pick up the phone and said in a cheerful voice,

“Hello, completely forgetting to use my fake cough. In cases like these having a telephone is more of a curse than a blessing.

• change "having" to "have"

• should read "these, having"

• nothing wrong

• cross out "a"

We can actually deduce here that in the given question above, the part of the italicized sentence that is wrong is: these having

So, it should read "these, having" - the comma between these and having corrects it.

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