Multiple choice

Directions: The sentence has three underlined words or phrases. The underlined parts of the sentence are marked (1), (2) and (3). Identify the one underlined word or phrase that must be changed in order for the sentence to be correct and mark that as your answer. If there is no error mark (4) as your answer.

(1) He hesitated to accept the post (2) as he did not think the salary would not be enough (3) for a man with a family of ten. (4) No error

  1. (1)

  2. (2)

  3. (3)

  4. (4)
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B Correct answer
Explanation

Delete ‘not’ after ‘would’. Double negative cannot be used in one sentence and the use of not after would is altering the original meaning of the sentence.

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