A sentence/ a part of the sentence is underlined. Five alternatives are given…
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A sentence/ a part of the sentence is underlined. Five alternatives are given to the underlined part which will improve the meaning of the sentence.
Choose the correct alternative. In case no improvement is needed, click the option corresponding to ‘No improvement’.
One of the issues often missing in ordinary conversation and public discourse is a concern for ethics.
- A.
No improvement
- B.
is a concern for
- C.
is a concern for a ethics
- D.
is an concern for an ethics
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Correct answer: A
Solution: No improvement is needed.
The underlined part “is a concern for ethics” is already correct. “Concern” is a singular countable noun, so “a concern” is appropriate. “Ethics” refers to moral principles and is used as a plural/uncountable noun here, so it does not take an indefinite article.
Why the other alternatives do not improve the sentence:
Removing “ethics” leaves the phrase incomplete and weakens the meaning.
Adding “a” or “an” before “ethics” is incorrect because “ethics” does not take an indefinite article in this sense.
Using “an concern” is wrong; the correct form is “a concern.”