Multiple choice

The underlined portion of the following sentence has some errors. Four options are given below the sentence. Choose the correct option to improve the sentence.

In the middle age teaching became the exclusively prerogative of the church, with the result that there was little progress, either intellectual or social.

  1. the church's exclusively prerogative, with the result that there was little progress

  2. the church's exclusive prerogative, with the result that there was little progress

  3. the exclusive prerogative of the church, with the result that there was little progress

  4. the prerogative of the church, with the exclusive result that there was little progress

  5. No improvement.
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C Correct answer
Explanation

 Here, 'exclusive' rectifies the error of using 'exclusively'. Adverb does not qualifies a noun. But in the original sentence the adverb 'exclusively' qualifies the noun 'prerogative' and it is a wrong use. Here, the adjective 'exclusive' qualifies the noun 'prerogative'.Adjective is a word that qualifies a noun.

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