Question
Faced with the Government’s resolute refusal to
file a proper affidavit, (A)/ either confirming or denying the use of Pegasus, the Court, one might have thought, (B)/ would have issued a writ compel the state to adduce evidence (C) . (A) Faced with the Government’s resolute refusal in file a proper affidavit (B) either confirming nor denying the use of Pegasus, the Court, one might have thought (C) would have issued a writ compelling the state to adduce evidence The following questions consist of sentences which is divided into three parts, with grammatical error in one or more than one part of the sentence. If there is an error in any part of the sentence, find the correct alternative to replace that part from the three options given below, to make the sentence grammatically correct. If there is an error in any part of the sentence and none of the options is correct to replace that part, then choose ‘None of the A, B and C’ as your answer. If the given sentence is grammatically correct and does not require any correction, choose ‘No correction required’ as your answer.Solution
A and B are correct in the given sentence. C is incorrect. The word ‘compel’ should be changed to ‘compelling’. Faced with the Government’s resolute refusal to file a proper affidavit, either confirming or denying the use of Pegasus, the Court, one might have thought, would have issued a writ compelling the state to adduce evidence.
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