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    Question

    In each of the questions, a sentence is divided into five parts A, B, C, D and E in which two of the parts have some grammatical or contextual errors in them. You have to identify which pair among the given alternatives represents the parts that contain those errors. If none of the parts has any error, then mark option 5, i.e., ‘No error’ as your answer.

    id="docs-internal-guid-d230f72c-7fff-2068-881c-95d8421cbf94">Telecommuting arrangements have been in place (A)/ at the U.N. headquarters from mid-March (B)/ as coronavirus spread rapidly across New York, (C)/ making the state the epicentre (D)/ of the pandemic of the U.S (E) .
    A A & D Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    B B & E Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    C A & C Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    D B & D Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    E No Error Correct Answer Incorrect Answer

    Solution

    B- ‘From’ should be replaced by ‘since’ to make the sentence contextually correct. As the sentence talks about an occurrence which is still continuing, thus the usage of ‘since’ will be correct. ‘From’ is correctly used while depicting a long period of time. E- The word pandemic will be followed by the preposition ‘in’, as the sentence needs to specify ‘where’ exactly was the pandemic taking place. Correct Sentence: Telecommuting arrangements have been in place at the U.N. headquarters since mid-March as coronavirus spread rapidly across New York, making the state the epicentre of the pandemic in the U.S .

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