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C.K. Ranjan

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· 1 Months ago

please explain the 'against' word corresponding to the sentence

Question:
DIRECTIONS: The following sentences are fragmented into five parts one of which may have a grammatical error. Find out the mistake and mark the answer accordingly. If you do not find any error mark option (e) as your answer.

The smaller states’ efforts to exercise  their collective bargaining power against multinationals has failed.

Options:
A) The smaller states’ efforts
B) to exercise  their collective
C) bargaining power against
D) multinationals has failed.
E) No error
Solution:

Ans: (d) multinationals has failed.

It should be “……Against multinationals have failed” As the subject of the sentence is “EFFORTS”  and that is plural.

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· 1 Months ago

It should be “……Against multinationals have failed” As the subject of the sentence is “EFFORTS” and that is plural.

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