Multiple choice

Directions: The given question carries four options. You are to mark the correct option after checking the punctuation of each option.

Distinguish between the following pairs of words. meat meet rain rein alter altar hare hear

  1. Distinguish between the following pairs of words meat, meet, rain, rein, alter, alter, hare, hear

  2. Distinguish between the following pairs of words: meat : meet; rain : rein; alter : alter; hare : hear

  3. Distinguish between the following pairs of words: meat, meet – rain, rein – alter, alter – hare, hear

  4. None of these
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B Correct answer
Explanation

'Following....' is preferably followed by a colon. Preferably, the two words in each pair are to be separated by a colon with a space on either side, and the pairs have to be separated from each other by use of intermediate pause, i.e. semi-colon.

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