Select the most appropriate option that can substitute the underlined segment in the given sentence and rectify it. If no correction is needed, select ‘No correction required’.
The article publishes in the newspaper today.
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Correct answer: B
Explanation
The correct answer is option 2 i.e. has been published.
Error concept: Incorrect verb form and tense usage.
What is wrong: The sentence “The article publishes in the newspaper today” uses the simple present tense (“publishes”) incorrectly for a passive action that has already happened or just occurred.
Grammatical concept: In English, when the subject receives the action (not performs it), the passive voice is used. Here, “the article” is the receiver of the action “publish,” so the correct form should be “has been published.”
Also, since the sentence refers to something happening today, the present perfect tense fits best.
Incorrectness of the concept in context: “The article publishes” sounds like the article is performing the action, which is incorrect — a person or newspaper publishes, not the article itself.
How to correct: Use the passive form in the present perfect tense — “has been published.”
Correct phrase / correction: has been published
Final sentence: The article has been published in the newspaper today.
Hence, the chosen option is correct.