Which of the following phrases given below each sentence should replace the…
2023
Which of the following phrases given below each sentence should replace the phrase printed in bold letters to make the sentence grammatically correct? Choose the best option among the five given alternatives that reflect the correct use of phrase in the context of the grammatically correct sentence. If the sentence is correct as it is, mark (e) i.e., “No correction required” as the answer.
Demand for electronics is growing of all price segments, even as the production of these devices entails the use of scarce elements and high emissions.
Answer: D. is growing across all price segments — ConceptIn sentence-improvement (spotting-error) items, the replacement phrase must be correct on three counts at once: (1) the verb form/voice, (2) the…
- A.
is grown over all price segment
- B.
is growing across all price segment
- C.
is growing for all price segments
- D.
is growing across all price segments
- E.
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Correct answer: D
Concept
In sentence-improvement (spotting-error) items, the replacement phrase must be correct on three counts at once: (1) the verb form/voice, (2) the preposition that fits the meaning, and (3) subject–quantifier–noun agreement. The quantifier "all" before a countable noun forces the plural; and "demand" spreading over a range of categories takes the preposition "across", not "of" or "for".
Application
Voice and tense: the demand is acting in the present and continuing, so the active progressive "is growing" is required; the passive "is grown" wrongly turns demand into something done to it.
Agreement: "all" must be followed by a plural countable noun, so it must be "all price segments", never "all price segment".
Preposition: demand rising over the whole range of price bands is expressed with "across" (distribution over categories). "of" is meaningless here, and "for" would name a beneficiary rather than a spread.
Combining all three gives the corrected phrase: is growing across all price segments.
Cross-check
Read the full sentence with the replacement: "Demand for electronics is growing across all price segments, even as the production…". It is active, present-continuous, correctly pluralised after "all", and uses the distribution sense of "across" — grammatically and idiomatically sound.