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: "affects the story's plot" - "affects" (verb, with -s for singular) - "story's" (singular possessive) - "plot" (singular)
Option 3: "effects the stories' plot" - "effects" wrong (verb needed, not noun) - "stories'" wrong (plural possessive)
Option 4: "affect the story's plot" - "affect" wrong (needs -s for singular subject)
Option 1: "affects the story plots" - Missing possessive ('s) - "plots" wrongly plural
Option 2: "affects the story's plot" - "affects" (verb, with -s for singular) - "story's" (singular possessive) - "plot" (singular)
Option 3: "effects the stories' plot" - "effects" wrong (verb needed, not noun) - "stories'" wrong (plural possessive)
Option 4: "affect the story's plot" - "affect" wrong (needs -s for singular subject)
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