QOTD | Sentence Improvement

Question of The Day30-06-2020

Identify the best way to improve the underlined part of the given sentence. If there is no improvement required, select ‘no improvement’-

Many a leaders are also proposing different ways to level up in the field of technology.

Answer

Correct Answer : c ) Many a leader is

Explanation :

In the given sentence, the inappropriate phrase is ‘many a leaders are’. It should either be ‘many leaders are’ or ‘many a leader is’.

In the given phrase ‘leaders’ and ‘are’ are plural, whereas the correct usage is of singular.

The correct pattern as per grammatical accuracy is –

Many a + Singular noun subject + singular verb

Many + Plural noun subject + plural verb

For instance-

Many candidates give up the idea of trudging the mountain.

Many a candidate gives up the idea of trudging the mountain.

As per the context and the given options the correct phrase will be ‘Many a leader is’.

Hence, option C is the correct answer.

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