Question
Of the billions of stars in the galaxy, (a) / how much
are (b) / suitable for life (c) / No error (d) In these questions some of the sentences have errors and some have none. Find out which part of a sentence has an error and indicate it corresponding to the appropriate letters. If there is no error, indicate corresponding to the last option.Solution
‘How much’ implies uncountable noun. ‘Stars’ denote countable noun. Hence replace ‘how much’ by ‘how many’.
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