Multiple choice

Directions: The sentence has a part underlined. The part may have error of grammar and/or syntax. Identify the error and select the option that rectifies the error.

The manufacture of automobile was extremely expensive until assembly-line techniques made them cheaper to produce.

  1. The manufacture of automobile was extremely expensive until

  2. The manufacture of automobile was extremely expensive till

  3. Manufacture of the automobile was extremely expensive until

  4. The manufacture of automobiles was extremely expensive until

  5. Manufacture of the automobile was extremely expensive till
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D Correct answer
Explanation

 The pronoun 'them' signals at a plural noun, but in the sentence the manufacture is of singular 'automobile'. This error is rectified only in option (D).

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