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 the best, choose the first answer; otherwise choose any one of the others.

The immigration of the family from the mother country occurred at an early day when the settlements in New England were infrequent and weak.

  1. The immigration of the family from the mother country occurred at an early day when the settlements in New England were infrequent and weak.

  2. The immigration of the family from the mother–country occurred at an early stage when the settlements in New England were in frequent and weak.

  3. The emigration of the family from the mother country occurred at an early stage when settlements in New England were infrequent and weak.

  4. The emigration of the family occurred at an early date from their mother land when the settlements in New England were not frequent and weak.

  5. The emigration of the family to the motherland occurred from New England when the settlements were infrequent and were weak.
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C Correct answer
Explanation

Explanation for (3): The sentence has error of diction and error of inappropriate expression. Immigration is to come into a new country to settle there, but the sentence implies that people were leaving their country, so the correct word is ‘emigration’. And ‘early day’ is incorrect expression in the context. This option corrects both the errors. 

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