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    Question

    Read the following sentence to find out if there is any

    grammatical error in it. The error, if any, will be in one part of the sentence. The number of this part is your answer. If there is no error in the statement, then mark option (5) as your answer choice. With the prices of essential items (A) / rising sharply, the government has (B) / decided to impose strict measures (C) / to curb its inflationary impact (D).
    A A Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    B B Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    C C Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    D D Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    E No error Correct Answer Incorrect Answer

    Solution

    he pronoun "its" is incorrect here. Inflationary impact is caused by the rising prices, which are plural, so it should be "their".

    Corrected: to curb their inflationary impact

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