The officer marvelled at the low attendance remarking on the presence of less than twenty people at work.

Directions: Each item in this section has a sentence with three underlined parts labelled (a), (b) and (c). Read each sentence to determine whether there is an error in any underlined part and indicate your response on the answer sheet against the above-mentioned corresponding letter. If there is no error, indicate your response as (d).

  1. A. The officer marvelled
  2. B. at the low attendance
  3. C. remarking on the presence of less than twenty people at work.
  4. D. No error

Correct Answer: C. remarking on the presence of less than twenty people at work.

Explanation

"less than twenty people" should be "fewer than twenty people" as "people" is a countable noun.

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