In the following question, some part of the sentence may have errors. Find out which part of the sentence has an error and select the appropriate option. If a sentence is free from error, select 'No Error'. United States steel industry faces (1)/ many publicized economic problems that have destroyed (2)/ its steel production capacity but not all branches of the industry have been affected. (3)/ No error. (4)?

Option 1 : 1

The correct answer is option 1. The first part of the sentence carries an error. i.e. 'United States steel industry faces'.

• 'The United' in 'The United States of America' is an adjective used before the proper noun 'America'. 
• According to the rule stated, 'if an adjective is affixed with a proper noun, then the article is required to be placed'. 
• For example: 'The beautiful rose', 'A cup of tea', 'An energizing health drink'.
• Moreover, 'United States' actually stands for the entire label i.e. ‘The United States of America’.
• It uses a compound noun ‘States of America’ with the adjective ‘United’.
• Countries with words like ‘states’, ‘republic’ and ‘united’ are generally followed after the definite article ‘the’.

Thus and so, the corrected sentence will be: The United States steel industry faces many publicized economic problems that have destroyed its steel production capacity but not all branches of the industry have been affected.