Multiple choice

Direction: In the following question, a sentence has been divided into four parts and marked 1, 2, 3 and 4. One of these parts contains a mistake in grammar idiom or syntax. Identify that part and mark it as the answer.

  1. Pollution effects more people

  2. today than it ever did in the past

  3. because more people live near industrial units

  4. and inhale noxious gases from the atmosphere.
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Explanation

(1) 'Pollution affects more people'. Wrong word usage. The word “effect” is used as a noun meaning result whereas the word “affect” is used as a verb meaning influence. In this sentence the second sense is conveyed.

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