Find the part of the sentence that contains an error:
Much efforts have been made (1)/ by the development team (2)/ to reduce the application's loading time (3)/ without compromising features. (4)/
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Correct answer: A
Explanation
The correct answer is Option 1 i.e. (1).
Error Concept: Related to the use of determiners with countable and uncountable nouns.
What is wrong: The determiner "Much" is incorrectly used with the plural countable noun "efforts."
Grammatical concept:
Much is used with uncountable nouns (e.g., much water, much time).
Many is used with plural countable nouns (e.g., many efforts, many books).
Incorrectness of the concept in context: Since "efforts" is the plural form of a countable noun, using "Much" violates the rule of noun-determiner agreement.
How to correct: "Much" should be replaced with "Many" to properly modify the plural noun "efforts."
Correct phrase/ correction: Many efforts have been made
Final sentence: Many efforts have been made by the development team to reduce the application's loading time without compromising features.
Hence, the chosen option is correct.