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Q: Improve the underlined part of the sentence. Choose ‘No improvement’ as an answer if the sentence is grammatically correct. The number of women working outside homes has been steady increasing.
  • A. has been steadily
  • B. had been steadier
  • C. No improvement
  • D. More than one of the above
  • E. None of the above
Correct Answer: Option A - "has been steadily" will be used because adverb (steadily) is needed here to modify verb (increasing), not steady (adjective). Correct Sentence – The number of woman working outside homes has been steadily increasing.
A. "has been steadily" will be used because adverb (steadily) is needed here to modify verb (increasing), not steady (adjective). Correct Sentence – The number of woman working outside homes has been steadily increasing.

Explanations:

"has been steadily" will be used because adverb (steadily) is needed here to modify verb (increasing), not steady (adjective). Correct Sentence – The number of woman working outside homes has been steadily increasing.