The below question consists of five sentences or parts of sentences that form a paragraph. Identify the sentence(s) or part(s) of sentence(s) that is/are correct in terms of grammar and usage. Then, choose the most appropriate option.
A. It is sometimes told that democratic
B. government originated in the city-states
C. of ancient Greece. Democratic ideals have been handed to us from that time.
D. In truth, however, this is an unhelpful assertion.
E. The Greeks gave us the word, hence did not provide us with a model.

A, B & D

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B, C & D

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B & D

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Solution

The correct option is C B & D
Statement A is incorrect because the verb ‘told’ is incorrectly used. The verb ‘said’ should be used instead.
There is no error in statement B.
Statement C contains the incorrect idiom ‘handed to us’ instead of ‘handed down to us’.
Statement D is correct.
Statement E is incorrect because the word, ‘hence’ is used as a conjunction, whereas it is an adverb. The use of a proper conjunction (e.g. and / but) will improve the sentence.

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