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    Question

    The company has decided to expand (1)/ its operations

    onto new markets, (2)/ which will allow them to increase (3)/ their profits in the upcoming quarters (4). 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 company has decided to expand Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    B its operations onto new markets Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    C which will allow them to increase Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    D their profits in the upcoming quarters Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    E No error Correct Answer Incorrect Answer

    Solution

    The error is in part (2). The correct preposition should be "into" instead of "onto." The phrase should read "its operations into new markets." "Into" is used to express movement or direction toward a specific destination, which is appropriate when discussing expansion into new markets . "Onto" is used for physical placement on a surface, which does not apply in this context.

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