Multiple choice

Directions: This question presents a sentence, all or part of which is underlined. Beneath the sentence you will find five ways of phrasing the underlined part. The first of these repeats the original; the other four are different. If you think the original is best, choose the first answer; otherwise choose one of the others.

Martina's habit to shop round before finally making a purchase is really irritating but at the same time helps her in saving money, studying features and getting the best deal.

  1. Martina's habit to shop round before finally making a purchase is really irritating but at the same time helps her in saving money, studying features and getting the best deal.

  2. Martina's habit to shop round before finally making a purchase is really irritable but at the same time helps her in saving money, studying features and getting the best deal.

  3. Martina's habit to shop around before finally making a purchase is really irritating but at the same time help her in saving money, studying features and getting the best deal.

  4. Martina's habit to shop around before finally making a purchase is really irritating but at the same time helps her in saving money, studying features and getting the best deal.
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D Correct answer
Explanation

Option (4) is grammatically the most correct option. (1) and (2) are incorrect because of wrong phrasal usage. (Correct usage is 'shop around' which means 'comparing prices'). In (3) phrasal usage is corrected but another error of violation of subject verb agreement is introduced. ('the same time help her…' be replaced with 'the same time helps her…'). (5) is incorrect because of error of misplaced modifier. 'before making a final purchase' changes the entire meaning of the sentence (it means before making the last purchase during the shopping process).

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