Select the most appropriate option that can substitute the underlined segment in the given sentence. If there is no need to substitute it, select ‘No substitution’.
I visited the hospital to enquire about eyes surgery.
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Correct answer: A
Explanation
The correct answer is option 1 i.e. enquire about eye surgery.
- Adjectives can modify nouns to specify their type. The term "eye surgery" uses "eye" as an adjective to describe the kind of surgery being referred to.
- This is a common grammatical structure where the singular form of a noun is used to modify another noun.
- Even though "eyes" is plural, when referring to the type of surgery, we use the singular form "eye" to denote the specific category of surgery.
Hence, the correct answer would be 'enquire about eye surgery.'
- "Enquire" (present tense) is correct for the context given: "I visited the hospital to enquire about eye surgery."
- "Enquired" (past tense) would be used if you were referring to a past action: "I visited the hospital yesterday and enquired about eye surgery."
- "Enquiring" (present participle) would be used if you were describing an ongoing action: "I am enquiring about eye surgery."