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Choose the grammatically incorrect sentence:

1. They gave us the money back less the service charges of Three Hundred rupees.
2. This country’s expenditure is not less than that of Bangladesh.
3. The committee initially asked for a funding of Fifty Lakh rupees, but later settled for a lesser sum.
4. This country’s expenditure on educational reforms is very less.

Correct answer: This country’s expenditure on educational reforms is very less.

Solution

The sentence is incorrect because 'less' is not normally used with 'very' in standard English; 'much less' or 'far less' would be appropriate in some contexts. The other sentences are grammatically acceptable.

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