Multiple choice

Directions: The sentence has four underlined words or phrases. The four underlined parts of the sentence are marked (1), (2), (3) and (4). Identify the one underlined word or phrase that must be changed in order for the sentence to be correct.

(1) The (2) nine-men committee (3) has (4) a two-hour long deliberation on disinvestment issue this morning. (5) No error

  1. (1)

  2. (2)

  3. (3)

  4. (4)

  5. (5)
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B Correct answer
Explanation

 Change ‘nine-men’ to ‘nine-man’ because a noun preceded by a definite numeral and followed by another noun or adjective should be singular.

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