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Sentence: "The court quashed this provision of the BPBA that made begging a punishable offence." Which of the following is the grammatically correct replacement?

1. The court quashed those provision of the BPBA that made begging a punishable offence.
2. The court quashes this provision of the BPBA that make begging a punishable offence.
3. The court quashes those provisions of the BPBA that makes begging a punishable offence.
4. The court quashed those provisions of the BPBA that make begging a punishable offence.

Correct answer: The court quashed those provisions of the BPBA that make begging a punishable offence.

Solution

The sentence needs the past tense "quashed" to match the original. Since the noun is plural, it should be "those provisions" and the verb in the relative clause should be "make".

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