Multiple choice

Directions: Select the word/phrase that must be deleted/corrected, in order to make the sentence grammatically correct.

The inhabitants of several communities had to be relocated to an army base from their homes several miles away.

  1. The inhabitants of

  2. several communities

  3. to an army base

  4. several miles away
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D Correct answer
Explanation

Type of error: misplaced modifier (several miles away). What is 'several miles away', is not cleared from the sentence. So, the correct usage shall be '……..to an army base several miles away from their homes………'.

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