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In the following sentence, four words or phrases have been underlined. One of them is incorrect. Select the INCORRECT word or phrase from the given options.  Many people have tried for this job but little have succeeded.

In the following sentence, four words or phrases have been underlined. One of them is incorrect. Select the INCORRECT word or phrase from the given options.  Many people have tried for this job but little have succeeded. Correct Answer Little

The correct answer is option 3.

'Many' is correct as people is a countable noun. 'For' is correct as it indicates the purpose. 'Little' is used to denote the quantity of a thing (examples: little sugar, little salt, little time). Here, it is incorrectly used as the subject is people. Instead, we should use 'few' to indicate a small number of people. The sentence is in the present perfect tense. So, 'succeeded' is correct. 

Correct sentence: Many people have tried for this job but few have succeeded.

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