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 option as your answer; otherwise choose one of the others.

The religious conflict of the 16th and the 17th centuries leap up to the growth of national religion in our period.

  1. the 16th and the 17th centuries leap up to

  2. the 16th and 17th centuries leap up to

  3. the 16th and the 17th century leap into

  4. the 16th and the 17th centuries leap on to

  5. the 16th century and the 17th century leap up to
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B Correct answer
Explanation

Justification for (2): The sentence has error of incorrect use of article. Definite article ‘the’ should be used only before 16th century because ‘16th and 17th centuries’ is functioning as a single unit. This option corrects the error.

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