Multiple choice

Directions: Which of the phrases (1), (2), (3) and (4) given below should replace the phrase given in bold in the following sentence to make the sentence grammatically meaningful and correct? If the sentence is correct as it is and ‘No correction is required’, mark (5) as the answer.

Beside his general unenthusiastic demeanour, he is also known to absent himself on small pretexts.

  1. Beside him general unenthusiastic demeanour,

  2. Beside his show of general unenthusiastic demeanour,

  3. Besides his general unenthusiastic demeanour,

  4. Besides his showing of general unenthusiastic demeanour,

  5. No correction required
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C Correct answer
Explanation

Option (3) corrects the error of adverb; the preposition ‘beside’ has to be replaced with the adverb ‘besides’.

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