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Direction: In each of the following questions, a sentence/a part of sentence is printed in bold. Below are given alternatives to the bold part which may improve the sentence. Choose the correct alternative. In case no improvement is required, choose “No Improvement” option.

  1. The proposal was full of ‘if’ and ‘but’ that I seriously doubted whether the stadium would ever be built.
    1. ‘ifs’ and ‘but’
    2. ‘ifs’ and ‘butts’
    3. ‘ifs’ and ‘buts’
    4. No improvement
Correct Option: C

No ifs or buts = something that you say to a child to stop them arguing with you when you want them to do something.
Ifs and buts is a term used to describe the reasons people give for not wanting to do something.
Hence, ifs and buts should be used here.



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