Select the most appropriate option to substitute the bracketed segment in the given sentence. If there is no need to substitute it, select 'no substitution required'.

He lights his pipe, (and on many an evenings he helps me with) dishes.

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SSC MTS Official Paper (Held On: 14 Jun, 2023 Shift 3)

Answer 1

The correct answer is "and on many evenings he helps me with the."

Key Points

In the given sentence, the error lies in the usage of the article "an" in front of the plural noun "evenings."
- We use "an" before a singular noun starting with the vowel sound.
Also, we know the identity of the noun "dishes" in the sentence.
- The definite article (the) is used before a noun to indicate that the identity of the noun is known to the reader.
Among the given options, the correct option to use will be:
- "and on many evenings he helps me with the."
Thus, the correct sentence will be:
- He lights his pipe, and on many evenings he helps me with the dishes.

Hence, the correct answer is option 3.

Additional Information

Option 1 is also incorrect because it includes "many an evenings" instead of "many evenings."
Option 4 is incorrect because it changes the tense to past tense, which does not match the rest of the sentence.