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.

The old weather-beaten or time-eaten slab with their curious lettering designate the spots where many of the men of the pre-revolutionary epoch were laid to their last repose.

  1. The old weather-beaten or time-eaten slab with their curious lettering

  2. The old weather-beaten and time-eaten slabs with their curious lettering

  3. The old weather-beaten or time-eaten slabs with their curious lettering

  4. The old weather-beaten or time-eaten slab with its curious lettering

  5. The old weather-beaten and the old time-eaten slabs with their curious lettering
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B Correct answer
Explanation

The sentence has error of conjunction (or) and error of subject-verb agreement. 'Old weather-beaten' and 'time-eaten' do not exhibit contrast. They are the adjectives, which qualify the same subject 'slabs' and should be joined by the conjunction 'and'. And 'slab' should be 'slabs' because the verb used is plural (designate).This option rectifies both the errors.

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