Question
In the following question, a sentence is given with a
phrase highlighted in bold. Select the option given below that can replace the phrase in bold to make the sentence grammatically and contextually correct and mark that as your answer. If the sentence is correct as it is, then mark 'No correction required', as the answer. I cannot begin to describe how much books I have read in the past whole year, and all of it was because you had gifted those amazing novels to me.Solution
(b) In the emboldened phrase, the countable noun 'books' is preceded by the quantifier 'much', which should be used only for uncountable nouns. Thus, 'much' should be replaced with 'many' [used for countable nouns]. The only option with this correction is option (b) and thus all other options are eliminated. Hence, the correct answer is option (b).
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