Multiple choice

Directions: Give the appropriate replacement for the underlined word(s) in the given sentence to make it grammatically correct. If no improvement is needed, mark (4) as the answer.

Newspapers sell because of news but it gets revenue from advertisements.

  1. they got

  2. they get

  3. it got

  4. No improvement needed
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B Correct answer
Explanation

Error of noun-pronoun-verb agreement. Here, the subject is 'newspapers', which is a plural noun. It requires a plural pronoun and a plural verb. So, 'it gets' should be replaced by 'they get'.

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