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    Question

    Directions: In each question below, a sentence is given with a part of it printed in bold type. That part may contain a grammatical error. Each sentence is followed by phrases (A), (B), (C) and (D). Find out which phrase should replace the phrase given in bold to correct the error, if there is any, and to make the sentence grammatically meaningful and correct. If the sentence is correct as it is and ‘No correction is required’ , mark (E) as the answer.

    It may confidently be dated to a period not earlier

    than the 14th or 15th century A.D., and attributed to the same Bantu people the remains of whose stone-fenced kraals are found at so much places between the Limpopo and the Zambezi.
    A stone-fenced kraals are found at so much place Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    B stone-fenced kraals are found at so many places Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    C stone-fenced kraals are found at so many place Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    D stone-fenced kraals are found at so more places Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    E No improvement required Correct Answer Incorrect Answer

    Solution

    We use ‘much’ with singular uncountable nouns and ‘many’ with plural nouns. So, ‘so many places’ is correct. It may confidently be dated to a period not earlier than the 14th or 15th century A.D., and attributed to the same Bantu people the remains of whose stone-fenced kraals are found at so many places between the Limpopo and the Zambezi.

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