Question
From the viewpoint of enlarging a city’s effective
labour market (1)/and economic output, they are therefore (2)/ very important to keep the commute time short (3)/and commuting cost cheaper (4)/within a city as they keep growing in population (5). Directions : In each of the questions, a sentence is divided into five parts, in which one of the parts is given in bold and is grammatically and contextually correct. You have to identify which fragment, apart from the bold one, is correct in terms of grammar and usage. If all the parts are correct, then mark option 5, “All are correct” as the answer.Solution
2- here, ‘they are’ is incorrect. From the viewpoint, ‘it is important’ is correct. 4- ‘cheaper’ is incorrect here. The first adjective is in the positive degree. So, ‘cheap’ is correct. No need to use comparative degree. 5- we are talking about a city. So, ‘they’ should be replaced with ‘it’ ad ‘keep’ with ‘keeps’. From the viewpoint of enlarging a city’s effective labour market and economic output, it is therefore very important to keep the commute time short and commuting cost cheap within a city as it keeps growing in population.
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