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A 1972 agreement between Canada and the United States reduced the amount of phosphates that municipalities had been allowed to dump into the Great Lakes.

reduced the amount of phosphates that municipalities had been allowed to dump

reduced the phosphate amount that municipalities had been dumping

reduces the phosphate amount municipalities have been allowed to dump

reduced the amount of phosphates that municipalities are allowed to dump

reduces the amount of phosphates allowed for dumping by municipalities

The judge ruled that the evidence was inadmissible on the grounds that it was not___to the issue at hand

useful

germane

manifest

inchoate

Attracted by the rich pickings, expensive private schools are blooming all over the place.

Blooming all over the place.

Sprouting shoots over the horizon.

Fast dotting the landscape.

Mushrooming across the country.

Drawing inferences from real life can be quite erogenous.

Be quite erroneous.

Be quite erogenous.

Inevitably be erroneous.

Be errorful.

This government may promise autonomy to the navaratnas but there is no telling what the subsequent one will do.

There is no telling what the future will do.

There is no telling what the subsequent one will do.

It is not clear whether its successors will do the same.

Nobody can be sure that subsequent governments will adhere to that policy.

His mother made great sacrifices to educate him, moving house or three occasions, and severing the thread on her loom's shuttle whenever Mencius neglected his lesson to make him understand the need to persevere.

severing the thread on the loom's shuttle whenever Mencium neglected his lessons to make him understand the need to persevere.

severed the thread on her loom's shuttle whenever Mencius neglected his lessons to make him understand the need to persevere.

severed the thread on her loom's shuttle whenever Mencius neglected his lessons to make him understand the need for preserving.

severing the thread on her loom's shuttle whenever Mencius' neglected his lessons, to make them understand the need to persevere.

To child died from jaundice.

with

no improvement

British Airspace has been focusing on building European links.

stressing on building European links

focusing on forging European links

pursuing ways of building European connectivity

concentrating on creating European links

The MP rose up to say that, in her opinion, she thought the Women's Reservation Bill should be passed on unanimously.

rose to say that she thought the Women's Reservation Bill should be passed

rose up to say that, the Women's Reservation Bill should be passed on

rose to say that, in her opinion, she thought that the Women's Reservation Bill should be passed.

rose to say that, in her opinion, the Women's Reservation Bill should be passed on

At the rate at which India’s population is growing, it is destined to be on collision course

Destined to be

Bound to be

Meant to be

Intended to be

Having laid the magazine on the desk, she went out the door.

laid

went out

the

No Error

The underlying physica1 principles that control the midair gyrations of divers and gymnasts are the same as the body orientation controlling astronauts in a weightless environment

as the body orientation controlling

as the body orientation which controls

as those controlling the body orientation of

ones to control the body orientation of

ones used in controlling the body orientation of

hubris sauves demure weird

hubris

sauves

demure

weird

Hawking asks us to accept that one distinct possibility of the future of the universe is that it will return to its beginning - ten million years back.

To its fetal position.

Ten million years back.

A cycle of truly cosmic proportions

To pre-life ear.

Trisha could not solve the problem at all and was at her wit’s ending.

her wit’s end

the wit ends

her witty end

the wit end

No correction required

A. The main problem with the notion of price discrimination is that it is not always a bad thing, but that it is the monopolist who has the power to decide who is charged what price. B. The main problem with the notion of price discrimination is not that it is always a bad thing, it is the monopolist who has the power to deide who is charged what price. C. The main problem with the notion of price discrimination is not that it is always a bad thing, but that it is the monopolist who has the power to decide who is charged what price. D. The main problem with the notion of price discrimination is not it is always a bad thing, but that it is the monopolist who has the power to decide who is charged what price.

Since the advent of cable television, at the beginning of this decade, the entertainment industry took a giant stride forward in our country.

this decade saw the entertainment industry 'taking

this decade, the entertainment industry has taken

this decade, the entertainment industry had taken

this decade, the entertainment industry took

Dieters who regain weight usually think flattening their fummies means giving up all their favourite fattening foods. In fact most diet winners still eat doughnuts and pizza but they do so with equanimity.

but they do so soberly.

but in moderation.

but they do so with a sense of judiciousness.

but they do so with equanimity.

The article is a continuation of the series on mew projects under planning and implementation in India

Series of new projects under planning and implementation in India.

Series on new projects under planning and implementation in India.

Series of articles published on new projects under planning and implementation in India.

Article on new project under planning and implementation in India.

Victory is everything in the Indian universe and Tendulkar will be expected to translate his genius in batting into the captaincy. To contemplate other options is to contemplate the risk of failure.

To contemplate other options is to contemplate the risk of failure.

Failure is not an option.

All other options have the potential for failure.

Unrealistic options invite the threat of failure.

If I won a crore in ‘Kaun Banega Crorepati’ I would have probably bought a yacht.

would have probably bought

would buy probably

would probably buy

will probably buy

In the first half of the twentieth century intellectual generally assumed that economic and sociological modernization was leading to the decay of religion as a determinant in human existence

Decay of religion as a determinant.

Withering away of religion as the significant element.

Humanization of religion as a determinant.

Debasement of religion as an important issue.

If you are on a three-month software design project and in two weeks you've put together a programme that solves Part of the problem, show it to your boss without delay.

and, you've put together a programme that solves part of the problem in two weeks

and, two weeks, you have put together a programme that solves part of the problem

and, you've put together a programme that has solved part of the problem in two weeks

and, in two weeks you put together a programme that solved only part of the problem

It was us who had left before he arrived.

we who had left before time he had arrived.

us who had went before he arrived.

us who had went before had arrived.

we who had left before he arrived.

I have seen much of the plays of Shakespeare acted.

a few

many

most

no improvement

Bacon believes that the medical profession should be permitted to ease and quicken death where the end would otherwise only delay for a new days and at the cost of great pain:

be delayed for a few days

be delayed for a few days and

be otherwise only delayed for a few days and

otherwise only delay for a few days and

Whatever be the experience of the other funds, the Unit Trust of India decision will put pressure on them to convert their closed schemes into open ones. Investors must evaluate future offerings from the other funds on that basis.

must evaluate future offerings from the other funds on that basis.

should hereafter gauge such offerings keeping such rationale in mind.

reckon with such offerings upon such expectations.

ought to carefully scan potential offerings on that logic.

Then he ———–my hand and kissed it repeatedly found it all immensely —————.

Held; quavering

grabbed; embarrassing

Caught; inspiring

gobbled; sophisticated

Swayed; annoying

Find the wrongly spelt word in the below

Preposterous

Disasterous

Murderous

Onerous

A———of guides surrounded me, all offering their services to ———me around the temple.

Flock; tour

gaggle; escort

Bundle; guide

multitude; chase

Huddle; follow

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English - Errors In Usage Test

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