Multiple choice

Directions: The underlined part of the sentence below may have some errors. Five options are given below the sentence. Choose the option that improves the sentence. If the sentence has no error, choose option 5 as your answer.

There were few people who could make the work of computer faster or differently and they were called hackers.

  1. There were few people who could make the computer work faster or differently

  2. There were a few people who could make the computer work faster or differently

  3. There were the few people who could make the computer work faster or differently

  4. There were a few people who could make the work of computer faster or differently

  5. No improvement required
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B Correct answer
Explanation

Here, 'a few' rectifies the error of using 'few'. few' has a negative meaning. 'Few' means 'hardly any'. So it does not fit in framework of the meaning of original sentence. 'A few' means 'some'.

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