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keshav kumar

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· 1 Months ago

i have never seen "note" being used in such a manner!
it should have been "noted".

Question:

DIRECTIONS: In the following question, some part of the sentence may have errors. Find out which part of the sentence has an error and select the appropriate option. If a sentence is free from error, select 'No Error'.

The officials note (a) / that the shortfall may be abridged (b) / in the coming weeks. (c) / No error (d)

Options:
A)

(a)

B)

(b)

C)

(c)

D)

(d)

Solution:

Ans: (b) Write ‘bridged’ instead of ‘abridged’. ‘Bridge’ (verb) means ‘to make the difference between two things smaller or less severe’ and ‘abridge’ means ‘shorten a book, film, speech, etc. without losing the sense.

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