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Question:

In each of the following questions there are sentences that form a paragraph. Identify the sentence(s) or part(s) of sentence(s) that is/are correct in terms of grammar and usage (including spelling, punctuation and logical consistency). Then, choose the most appropriate option.

Charges and countercharges mean nothing
to the few million who have lost their home.
The nightmare is far from over, for the government
is still unable to reach hundreds who are marooned.
The death count have just begun.

Explanation:

Statements A and C are correct.
Statement B is incorrect. The ‘few’ refers to a countable number, so the word following it should be in plural, that is ‘few millions’. Moreover, a few millions would have lost their ‘homes’- not ‘home’.
Statement D needs to take the article ‘the’ before ‘hundreds’. Therefore, it is incorrect.
Statement E is incorrect. There is a subject-verb agreement error here. In place of “The death count have just begun”, it should be, ‘The death count has just begun.’ ‘Death count’, a singular subject, should take a singular verb (has).
Hence, the correct answer is option 3.

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