Question

    Read the sentence to find out whether there is any grammatical or idiomatic error in it. The error, if any, will be in two parts of the sentence. Mark the parts with the error as your answer. If there is no error, mark (5). (Ignore errors of punctuation, if any)

    For Michael, it’s important to make a distinction

    between (A)/ information that should remain encrypt, like bank data and health data, and  (B)/ information that might been beneficial to make available (C) to law enforcement, like text message.(D)
    A A & B Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    B C & D Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    C B & C Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    D A & D Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    E No error Correct Answer Incorrect Answer

    Solution

    In part B-The phrase "should remain encrypt" is incorrect. The correct form is "should remain encrypted," as "encrypt" is a verb, but here an adjective ("encrypted") is needed to describe the information. In part C-The phrase "might been beneficial" is incorrect. The correct form is "might be beneficial," as "might" should be followed by the base form of the verb ("be"), not the past participle ("been").

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