Question
Two years after it wrecked havoc in some delta districts
, cyclone Gaja looms over the fate of candidates in nine assembly constituencies in the region. (i) after it wreaked havoc in some delta districts (ii) after they wrecked havoc in some delta districts (iii) after it wrecked some delta districts (iv) after it wrecked havoc in some of the delta districts In the following sentence, a part of the sentence is highlighted in bold. Below it, some options are suggested which may improve the highlighted part of the sentence, to make it meaningful and grammatically correct. Choose which of the following option(s) can successfully replace the highlighted part to make the sentence meaningful and grammatically correct. If the sentence is grammatically correct and requires no improvement, choose option E), i.e. No improvement required.Solution
The phrase ‘wreaked havoc’ is correct. The word ‘to wreck’ means ‘to ruin something’, and ‘to wreak’ means ‘to cause something to happen’. But, ‘wrecked some delta districts’ is correct. It means ruined some delta districts.
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