Direction: In the following questions, a part of the sentence is given in bold. Below are given alternatives to the bold part at (1), (2) and (3) which may improve the sentence. Choose the correct alternative. In case no improvement is needed your answer is (4).
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His reasons can be good, is it not ?
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- can they ?
- isn’t he ?
- can’t they ?
- No improvement
Correct Option: C
Positive Sentence → Negative tag Tag structure → First Auxiliary (can) + not (can’t)
Hence, can’t they ? is the right usage.
