Multiple choice

Directions: The sentence has four underlined words or phrases. The four underlined parts of the sentence are marked (1), (2), (3) and (4). Identify the one underlined word or phrase that must be changed in order for the sentence to be correct.

He (1) wishes to tax (2) not only the (3) luxuries of the rich but also the (4) necessaries of the poor.

  1. (1)

  2. (2)

  3. (3)

  4. (4)
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D Correct answer
Explanation

Wrong word usage since “luxuries” is the noun form being used so noun form “necessities” will be used to maintain parallelism.

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