Read the sentence to find out if there is an error and choose the corresponding answer:
A. The solution
B. which he provided
C. does not hint the
D. possibility of
E. an alternative answer
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 2
The correct answer is Option (2) → C only
Hint at:
- The verb hint, meaning to suggest something indirectly, takes the preposition at before its object: to hint at something.
(A) The solution — No error.
- The singular subject of the sentence.
(B) which he provided — No error.
- A relative clause describing the solution, "which" is right for a thing.
(C) does not hint the — Error.
- "hint" needs at: does not hint at the.
Example: The minister hinted at a cut in taxes. - Correct form: The solution which he provided does not hint at the possibility of an alternative answer.
(D) possibility of — No error.
- "possibility of" is the correct pattern.
(E) an alternative answer — No error.
- "an" rightly comes before the vowel sound of "alternative".