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Arnab Bera

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"Any" generally takes singular Noun ...Then why "Documents " has been used here ??

Question:
DIRECTIONS: In the following questions, a part of the sentence is printed in bold. Below are given alternatives to the given part as (a), (b), (c), (d), (e) which may improve the sentence. Choose the correct alternative. In case no improvement is needed, mark your answer as (e).

In our search for evidence, we were stymied by the absence of any recent documents.

Options:
A) were stymied by the presence of recent documents
B) were stymied for the absence of any recent documents
C) were stymied to have essential documents
D) were stymied into having required documents
E) No Improvement
Solution:
Stymie means to prevent something from happening or someone from achieving a purpose.

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