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    Question

    The impact of the first round of sanctions is (A)/like

    to be limited, as Western governments are for now (B)/preferring to keep the much larger sanctions packages (C). Directions: Read each sentence to find out whether there is any grammatical error in it. The error, if any, will be in one part of the sentence. Mark the part with the error as your answer. If there is no error, mark ‘No error’ as your answer (Ignore the errors of punctuation, if any).
    A The impact of the first round of sanctions is Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    B like to be limited, as Western governments are for now Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    C preferring to keep the much larger sanctions packages Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    D No error Correct Answer Incorrect Answer

    Solution

    ‘like’ should be changed to ‘likely’. The impact of the first round of sanctions is likely to be limited, as Western governments are for now preferring to keep the much larger sanctions packages.

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