The United States minted about 857 million silver-colored "Susan B. Anthony" dollars between 1979 and 1981, but the coin proved unpopular because "
it" looked and felt too much like a quarter.
THE CORRECT ANSWER IS A The non underlined part tells us that
the subject of the sentence is a singular noun.
None of the option has a singular noun except AA is the correct answer(A) The United States minted about 857 million silver-colored "Susan B. Anthony" dollars between 1979 and 1981, but the
coinCorrect:- "coin" is singular and "it" refers correctly back to the "coin"
(B) About 857 million silver-colored "Susan B. Anthony"
dollars were minted as
coins in the United States between 1979 and 1981 but
WRONG:- "it" in the non underlined part refers back to "dollars" (which is plural) :- Subject-Verb Error(C) About 857 million silver-colored "Susan B. Anthony"
dollars that were minted between 1979 and 1981 in the United States
WRONG:- "it" in the non underlined part refers back to "dollars" (which is plural) :- Subject-Verb Error (D) About 857 million silver-colored "Susan B. Anthony"
dollars that the United States minted between 1979 and 1981
WRONG:- "it" in the non underlined part refers back to "dollars" (which is plural) :- Subject-Verb Error
(E) Between 1979 and 1981 the United States minted about 857 million silver-colored "Susan B. Anthony"
dollars, which[/quote]
WRONG:- "it" in the non underlined part refers back to "dollars" (which is plural) :- Subject-Verb Error
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The United States minted about 857 million silver-colored "Susan B. Anthony" dollars between 1979 and 1981, but the coin proved unpopular because it looked and felt too much like a quarter.
(A) The United States minted about 857 million silver-colored "Susan B. Anthony" dollars between 1979 and 1981, but the coin
(B) About 857 million silver-colored "Susan B. Anthony" dollars were minted as coins in the United States between 1979 and 1981 but
(C) About 857 million silver-colored "Susan B. Anthony" dollars that were minted between 1979 and 1981 in the United States
(D) About 857 million silver-colored "Susan B. Anthony" dollars that the United States minted between 1979 and 1981
(E) Between 1979 and 1981 the United States minted about 857 million silver-colored "Susan B. Anthony" dollars, which