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. The report suggests that the number of tourists (A) / has increased significantly (B) / about the past decade (C) / in comparison with previous years (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

    The phrase "about the past decade" is incorrect here. Instead, it should be "in the past decade" to correctly express the time period during which the increase happened.

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