Select the option that completes the sentence CORRECTLY. If you have any…

2017

Select the option that completes the sentence CORRECTLY.
If you have any queries to raise _________ please let me know now.

  1. A.

    along

  2. B.

    no word required

  3. C.

    up

  4. D.

    about

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Correct answer: B

CONCEPT: 'Raise' is a transitive verb. When it means 'to bring up for discussion or attention', it attaches to its object directly, with no preposition or particle in between. Standard collocations are 'raise a question', 'raise a query', 'raise an objection', 'raise a point' — no particle ever sits between 'raise' and what is raised.

APPLICATION: Here the thing raised is 'queries'. In 'queries to raise', 'queries' is the object of the infinitive 'to raise', so the verb already has its object and needs no particle after it. Nothing belongs in the blank, and the sentence reads: 'If you have any queries to raise please let me know now.'

CONTRAST: 'raise up' is a redundant pairing that is not used with an abstract object like 'queries'; 'raise along' and 'raise about' are not valid English collocations at all. Inserting any of these particles breaks the sentence.

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