Question
Read the given sentence to find out whether there are
any grammatical/contextual errors in them. The errors, if any, will be in two of the phrases of the sentences and the combination of those parts will be the answer of that question. If no part in the sentence has an error then, mark ‘no error’ as your answer. Consider part (1) in bold as grammatically correct. (Ignore punctuation errors if any) Questions about data security extend (1)/ far beyond national security, with much (A)/ increasingly concerned about privacy (B)/ and protection of there personal information, (C)/ which has spurred efforts to tighten regulations. (D)Solution
A - replace the adjective MUCH with MANY as the former is used to modify uncountable nouns and the latter is used to modify countable nouns. Although there is no specified noun in the sentence being modified, the sentence is talking about people who are concerned, so the noun PEOPLE is implicit. Since PEOPLE is countable, MANY will be used. B, D - no error. C - replace the adverb THERE with the possessive pronoun THEIR as it is being used to refer to the personal information of people.Â
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