In the following questions, a sentence/ part of the sentence is printed in bold. Below are given alternatives to the bold sentence/part of the sentence, which may improve the sentence. Choose the correct alternative. In case
no improvement is needed, your answer is No improvement.
The correct answer is option -B
Here,`fair' is an adjective which qualifies the noun `game'.
Usage of `fairly' is wrong here.
Fairly - is an adverb which will qualify verb `played'.
Since in sentence,`the game -noun is used.
To qualify that we will use adjective.
If we look at the context/meaning usage of Adjective `fair' is correct.
Ex- Both the teams played fairly.
Here it qualifies verb,so we use fairly (adverb)
Meaning-both the teams played in a fair manner.
Ex- Both the teams played a fair game.
Meaning -both the teams played a good,pure game.(no cheating,breaking of rules etc).
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