• English Language - Phrase Replacement Or Sentence Correction
Question

Direction: In the given sentence, some parts are printed in bold while some are not. The parts printed in bold are correct and need no improvement. The parts which are not printed in bold may or may not be correct. Choose the part which is incorrect and needs improvement.

China will either shut down or curtail operations at dozens of steel plants from November 2017, over the next five months for an aggressive action plan to reduce winter pollution in Beijing and its surrounding areas

  • A) will either shut down
  • B) curtail operations at dozens of
  • C) for an aggressive action plan
  • D) plan to reduce winter pollution in
  • E) Beijing and its surrounding areas.
Solution

Ans. C

The error lies in option C as the preposition ‘for’ is incorrect and must be replaced with ‘under’. ‘For’ is used to specify a reason and ‘under’ means ‘according to.’ Thus C is the correct answer.

Ans. C

The error lies in option C as the preposition ‘for’ is incorrect and must be replaced with ‘under’. ‘For’ is used to specify a reason and ‘under’ means ‘according to.’ Thus C is the correct answer.

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