Improve the bracketed part of the sentence.
The failure of the recent ministerial meeting at Buenos Aires is only (symptomatical of decline) in its overall importance.
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Correct answer: B
Explanation
The correct answer is option 2 i.e. Symptomatic of a decline.
- We need to use 'symptomatic' in place of 'symptomatical because 'symptomatic' is already an adjective which is describing 'failure' here.
- We need to use 'a' before 'decline' as it takes an article before it.
The correct sentence will be-
The failure of the recent ministerial meeting at Buenos Aires is only symptomatic of a decline in its overall importance.