IPMAT Indore 2023
VA
Sentence Correction
Easy
The setting of a story effects the story's plot.
The setting of a story effects the story's plot.
Correct Option: 2
"affects" -> "influences" (verb) -> Correct!"effects" -> "results" (noun) -> Wrong.
Option 1: "affects the story plots"- Missing possessive ('s)- "plots" wrongly plural
Option 2: "effects the stories' plot"- "effects" wrong (verb needed, not noun)- "stories'" wrong (plural possessive)
Option 3: "affect the story's plot"- "affect" wrong (needs -s for singular subject)
Option 4: "affects the story's plot"- "affects" (verb, with -s for singular)- "story's" (singular possessive)- "plot" (singular)
Option 1: "affects the story plots"- Missing possessive ('s)- "plots" wrongly plural
Option 2: "effects the stories' plot"- "effects" wrong (verb needed, not noun)- "stories'" wrong (plural possessive)
Option 3: "affect the story's plot"- "affect" wrong (needs -s for singular subject)
Option 4: "affects the story's plot"- "affects" (verb, with -s for singular)- "story's" (singular possessive)- "plot" (singular)
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