In this question, a sentence has been divided into four parts (A), (B), (C) and (D). Read the sentence to find out whether there is any grammatical error in it. The error if any, will be in one part of the sentence. Mark that part as your answer. If there is no error, the answer is ‘No error’. Ignore the error of punctuation if any.  One of the (A)/ much common environmental issues (B)/ is global warming which causes(C)/ many serious environmental problems. (D)

In this question, a sentence has been divided into four parts (A), (B), (C) and (D). Read the sentence to find out whether there is any grammatical error in it. The error if any, will be in one part of the sentence. Mark that part as your answer. If there is no error, the answer is ‘No error’. Ignore the error of punctuation if any.  One of the (A)/ much common environmental issues (B)/ is global warming which causes(C)/ many serious environmental problems. (D) Correct Answer (B)

The correct answer is '(B)'.

Key Points

Reading the sentence we find that:

  • The determiner much used in part B is incorrect.
  • Much is used with uncountable nouns. 
    • E.g., - We do not have much time. (Time is an uncountable noun)
  • common environmental issues is a countable noun. We should use most before it.  
  • Therefore the error lies in part B of the sentence. 

The correct sentence will be: One of the most common environmental issues is global warming which causes many serious environmental problems. 

Additional Information

  • Much is used with singular uncountable nouns.
  • Many is used with plural nouns.
  • Most is the superlative form of much and many. 

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