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Multiple Choice Questions

Although Rahul was expected to attend the meeting he could not come owing for his prior commitm...........

English Language (CCS) Sentence Improvement

Direction: In the questions given below, there is a sentence in which one part is given in bold. The part given in bold may or may not be grammatically correct. Choose the best alternative among the four given which can replace the part in bold to make the sentence grammatically correct. If the part given in bold is already correct and does not require any replacement, choose option (e), i.e. “No replacement required” as your answer.

Although Rahul was expected to attend the meeting, he could not come owing for his prior commitment with the board of the company.

Owing to his prior commitment

Owing about his prior commitment

Owing as his prior commitment

Owing off his prior commitment

No replacement required

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Explanation:

There is error in the bold part of the sentence since owing for does not imply because of. But, that is what is implied to be meant through this phrase used in the given context. That is why, it has to be replaced. Now, we want to use something that will imply that he could not attend because of some reason. Owing to is the correct usage for that and it should be used in this context rather.

The correct sentence would be:

Although Rahul was expected to attend the meeting, he could not come owing to his prior commitment with the board of the company.

This makes option A the correct choice among the given options.

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