Multiple choice

Directions: A part of the sentence given or the entire sentence is underlined. There are five ways of phrasing the underlined material. Choice (A) repeats the original phrasing. Select the choice that best corrects the error in the underlined material, if any.

Never before have the words 'social service' been as prostituted as it is today. 

  1. as prostituted as it is today

  2. as prostituted it is today

  3. so prostituted than they are today

  4. as prostituted as they are today
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D Correct answer
Explanation

(D) Corrects the error of pronoun. Because, pronoun 'it' is used for plural noun 'the words'. So instead of 'it', 'they' should be used and verb should be 'are'.

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