Question
The increasing frequency of extremely weather events,
such as hurricanes and wildfires, is a direct consequence of climate change. Given below are sentences with an error in each. The error is in one part of the sentence. Below each sentence are given the options containing the parts of the sentences. Choose the option which contains the error. If no error, choose option e ‘No error’.Solution
‘Extremely’ is an adverb while the sentence requires an adjective that is ‘extreme’ to define the degree of weather events.
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