Direction: In the following questions, part of the sentence is 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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Chennai is by the way a cosmopolitan city.
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- by the by
- by and large
- on the large
- No improvement
Correct Option: B
by and large (Idiom) : in general; mainly ; to a large extent by the way (Idiom) : used for introducing a comment or question that is not directly related to what you have been talking about
Here, by and large is the right usage.
