Question
Through his connections (A)/with influential figures in
the media, (B)/he was able to (C)/illicit favourable press for his clients (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).Solution
Here, the word ‘illicit’ is incorrect. It means ‘illegal or disapproved of by society’. The correct word is ‘elicit’, which means ‘to get or produce something, especially information or a reaction’. Through his connections with influential figures in the media, he was able to elicit favourable press for his clients.         Â
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