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.

We are committed to eradicate the cause of poverty at the end of the second decade of the new century.

  1. committed to eradicate the cause of poverty at the end of the second decade

  2. committed to eradicate the cause of poverty in the end of the second decade

  3. committed to eradicating the cause of poverty at the end of the second decade

  4. committed for eradicating cause of poverty at the end of second decade

  5. committed to eradicate the cause of poverty by the end of the second decade
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E Correct answer
Explanation

The sentence has error of preposition. 'At' is used when we talk about a point of time, but when we talk about limit of time in future to complete the task we should use 'by'. This option corrects the error by using the correct preposition to refer to the time limit.

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