Answer-The museum's functionaries — (A)/from floor-polishing janitors to (B)/pretentious scholars and...

The word pretentious is inappropriate here. It means trying to appear or sound more important or clever than you are, especially in matters of art and literature. The correct word is pertinacious. It means very determined and refusing to be defeated by problems. The museums functionaries from floor-polishing janitors to pertinacious scholars and fantastically skilled restorers emerge as the films heroes.

Question

The museum's functionaries — (

A /from floor-polishing janitors to (
B /pretentious scholars and fantastically skilled restorers — (
C /emerge as the film's heroes (
D .

Read each sentence to find out whether there is any grammatical error in it. The error, if any, will be in one part of the sentence. Mark the part with the error as your answer. If there is no error, mark ‘No error’ as your answer (Ignore the errors of punctuation, if any).

A The museum's functionaries

B from floor-polishing janitors to

C pretentious scholars and fantastically skilled restorers

D emerge as the film's heroes

E No error

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