Multiple choice

Directions: Improve the under given sentence, if needed, by replacing the underlined part of it with the appropriate option. If no correction is required, mark option 4 as the answer.

Technical know how in the USA cannot easily assimilated by the technocrats of the developing countries.

  1. cannot easily have

  2. cannot easy

  3. cannot be easily

  4. No improvement needed
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C Correct answer
Explanation

The sentence requires a passive voice construction: be + past participle. The correct form is cannot be easily assimilated, not cannot easily assimilated. The verb assimilate needs the auxiliary be to form the passive voice properly. The omission of be creates a grammatical error.

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