Students said that (1)/ the college was severe (2) / short of teachers with eight of the thirteen teaching posts lying vacant (3)/ No error (4) A. Students said that B. the college was severe C. short of teachers with eight of the thirteen teaching posts lying vacant. D. No error Answer Workspace Report Discuss Answer with explanation Answer: Option B Explanation Since ‘short’ is an adjective we need an adverb to qualify it. The word given ‘severe’ is also an adjective. So, to make it an adverb, we have to add ‘-ly’ to the adjective. Thus, ‘severely short’ is the correct phrase Workspace
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