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

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

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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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