Multiple choice

Directions: Identify the part having an error. If no part has an error, mark (5).

  1. Up to the time the last vote was recorded

  2. it was difficult

  3. to decide whether victory lay with the ruling party

  4. or the opposition

  5. No error
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A Correct answer
Explanation

The error is in part (A) "Up to the time the last vote was recorded." The phrase "Up to" is incorrect in this temporal context. The correct expression should be "Until the time the last vote was recorded" or "By the time the last vote was recorded." "Up to" typically indicates approach to a point but not including it, which doesn't fit the context of waiting for a final outcome.

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