The following sentence has been divided into five segments. The first segment has no error. Select the option that has the segment with the grammatical error.
Due to the pandemic, / the prices of / medicines increased / every day since / last December.
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Correct answer: B
Explanation
The correct answer is option 2 i.e. medicines increased.
The sentence should use "have increased" instead of just "increased" to show that the increase started in the past and continues to the present.
Therefore, the corrected sentence should be:
"Due to the pandemic, the prices of medicines have increased every day since last December."