Multiple choice

Directions: This question presents a sentence, all or part of which is underlined. Beneath the sentence you will find five ways of phrasing the underlined part. The first of these repeats the original; the other four are different. If you think the original is best, choose the first answer; otherwise choose one of the others.

It is a notion peculiar in ethics; that subjective end is subordinate to the objective end.

  1. It is a notion peculiar in ethics; that

  2. It is a notion peculiar in ethics; which

  3. It is a notion peculiar to ethics, that

  4. It is a notion particular of ethics, that

  5. It is a notion peculiar to ethics, which
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Explanation

Explanation for (1): The sentence bears error of preposition. Use of preposition 'in' is incorrect here. The usage should be 'peculiar to ethics'.

Explanation for (2): This option does not rectify error of preposition and it also introduces error of relative pronoun. 'That' is used as a conjunction here and cannot be replaced by 'which'.

Justification for (3): The sentence bears error of preposition. The usage should be 'peculiar to ethics'. This option corrects the error.
Explanation for (4): This option changes the meaning of the sentence by replacing 'peculiar' with 'particular'. Explanation for (5): This option corrects the error of preposition. But it introduces error of relative pronoun. 'That' is used as a conjunction here and cannot be replaced by 'which'.

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