Instructions

Which of the phrases A), B), C) and D) given below should replace the phrases given in bold in the following sentence to make the sentence grammatically meaningful and correct? If the sentence is correct as it is and ‘No correction is required’, mark E) as the answer.

Question 146

‘’Barring the few,’’ all the customers are defaulters.

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The correct usage is 'barring a few' instead of 'barring the few'. The correct option is option D. Article "the" is used when referring to a particular group of people. "A" is used in general to refer to some unknown group of people.

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