Question
In each sentence below four words have been printed in bold which are numbered (1), (2), (3) and (4) One of these words may be misspelt or inappropriate in the context of the sentence. Find out the wrongly spelt or inappropriate word. The number of that word is the answer. If all the words are correctly spelt and are appropriate the answer is (5)
i.e. ‘All correct.'
The government’s (1) / decision to privitize (2) / state-owned companies has sparked (3) / widespread debate. (4) / All correct (5).
Solution
Replace ‘privitize’ with ‘privatize’. The correct spelling is "privatize."
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