Thanks to the coalition, we now have PCTs and hospitals
Identify the sentence or parts of the sentence that are incorrect in terms of grammar and usage. Then choose the most appropriate option.
1. Thanks to the coalition, we now have PCTs and hospitals that are confused, low in morale and have no clear idea of their future.
2. What may seem good political win for anti-Tory forces at Westminster feels like mayhem on the ground.
3. No responsible politician can afford to feel happy about “the pause” and the giant question mark hanging around the structural future of the NHS.
4. Labour has to have their own plan, which advances their own thinking post-government.
- Only 4
- 1 and 3
- 2 and 4
- 2, 3 and 4
Answer
As "win" is a countable noun, the correction in 2 is "a good political win".
"Hang around" which means to spend a lot of time with someone is incorrectly used in 3. The correction should be "hanging over".
If a threat or doubt hangs over a place or a situation, it exists (for example: Uncertainty again hangs over the project).
There is a subject-verb agreement error in 4. It should be "Labour has to have its own plan which advances its own thinking post-government".
The correct option is D.