Each question is divided into four parts, in which one part may have an error. Choose the incorrect part as your answer. If all parts are correct, choose “No Error” as your answer choice.
Sri Lanka, reeling under unrest (A) /over the severe economic crisis, did (B) / the inevitable by approaching the International (C) /Monetary Fund to a bailout Programme(D) /No Error(E).
Correct Answer :
D
Solution :
The correct option is D.
Detailed Explanation:
Let's analyze the sentence part by part to identify the error:
1. Part (A): "Sri Lanka, reeling under unrest" - This part is grammatically correct. "Reeling under" is a standard idiomatic phrase meaning suffering or struggling due to a difficult situation (unrest).
2. Part (B): "over the severe economic crisis, did" - This part correctly connects to the previous part, explaining the reason for the unrest ("over the severe economic crisis").
3. Part (C): "the inevitable by approaching the International" - This part is also correct and forms part of the main clause ("did the inevitable by approaching...").
4. Part (D): "Monetary Fund to a bailout Programme" - This part contains a prepositional error. The verb "approach" or noun context when seeking help/assistance requires the preposition "for" instead of "to" when expressing purpose (i.e., approaching an institution for a bailout programme).
Therefore, the correct phrasing should be: "...approaching the International Monetary Fund for a bailout Programme."
Hence, part D is incorrect.
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