Multiple choice

Directions: This question presents a sentence, all or part of which is underlined. Beneath the sentence you will find five ways of phrasing the underlined part. The first of these repeats the original; the other four are different. If you think the original is best, choose the first answer; otherwise choose one of the others.

The newly started project has become a cash goat for the company and the management is planning to reward the persons associated with it for their hard work.

  1. The newly started project has become a cash goat for the company and the management is planning to reward the persons associated with it for their hard work.

  2. The newly started project has become a cash goat for the company and the management is planning to rewarded the persons associated with it for their hard work.

  3. The newly started project has become a cash cow for the company and the management is planning to reward the persons associated with it for their hard work.

  4. The newly started project has become a cow for the company and the management are planning to reward the persons associated with it for their hard work.
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C Correct answer
Explanation

Option (3) is grammatically the most correct option. (1) and (2) are incorrect because of wrong idiomatic usage. (Correct usage will be 'a cash cow' which means 'a regular source of income'). (4) is incorrect because subject verb agreement is violated. (correct usage will be 'and the management is…') (5) is incorrect because of wrong pronoun (its) used to refer to its antecedent (persons). Correct usage will be 'persons associated with it for their hard work'.

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