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Identify and enter the grammatically correct sentence(s) from the ones given below. Do not use any punctuation between the options.
A. Cheated before, many voters in Myanmar were anxious as the counting of votes of elections held on November 8th dragged on.
B. But now, five days later, the party most voters chose, the National League for Democracy (NLD), led by Aung San Suu Kyi, daughter of the country's independence hero, passed the landmark it needed.
C. By midday on November 13th, the fifth anniversary of Miss Suu Kyi's release from her most recent stint of house-arrests, the NLD had won 348 of the 664 seats in the two houses of parliament.
D. This majority means it will win an indirect election for the presidency to be held by February. The army, which has ruled Myanmar (or Burma, for 53 years, albeit in mufti since 2011, has suffered a heavy blow.
The correct sentence(s) is/are___ .
A. Cheated before, many voters in Myanmar were anxious as the counting of votes of elections held on November 8th dragged on.
B. But now, five days later, the party most voters chose, the National League for Democracy (NLD), led by Aung San Suu Kyi, daughter of the country's independence hero, passed the landmark it needed.
C. By midday on November 13th, the fifth anniversary of Miss Suu Kyi's release from her most recent stint of house-arrests, the NLD had won 348 of the 664 seats in the two houses of parliament.
D. This majority means it will win an indirect election for the presidency to be held by February. The army, which has ruled Myanmar (or Burma, for 53 years, albeit in mufti since 2011, has suffered a heavy blow.
The correct sentence(s) is/are___ .
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In sentence A, the sentence should read 'counting of votes from election held...' rather than 'counting of votes of election held'. The counting refers to an election from the past (albeit recent).
In sentence C, house-arrest should be singular and not plural as Miss Suu Kyi was in her most recent stint of house-arrest.
Sentences B and D are grammatically correct.
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In sentence A, the sentence should read 'counting of votes from election held...' rather than 'counting of votes of election held'. The counting refers to an election from the past (albeit recent).
In sentence C, house-arrest should be singular and not plural as Miss Suu Kyi was in her most recent stint of house-arrest.
Sentences B and D are grammatically correct.
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