Which of the following sentences contains correct and meaningful usage of the underlined words?
Explanation:
“Difference” is a point or way in which people or things are not the same. “Unique” is being the only one of its kind. As “unique” means unlike anything else, it cannot be used for comparison. Thus, [1] and [5] are eliminated. From the context, it is clear that though Vikram’s approach was different from that of Harpreet, he was expecting no criticism from her. Thus, ‘but’ expresses the contrast between the expectation of Vikram and the actual outcome. Thus, [5] which uses ‘and’ as a conjunction is eliminated. If we assume the double negation (“hadn’t expected no criticism from her) in [2] to be fair and true, the placement of “but” causes a problem as there is no contrasting elements in the statement. If there was “and” in place of “but”, [2] would have been correct. Thus, the correct usage of words occurs only in [3]. Hence, the correct answer is option 3.
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