The cascading effect of economic slowdown (a) / has brought a much unn...
The correct option is B.
‘Has’ should be removed from the sentence.
The cascading effect of economic slowdown (a) / has brought a much unn...
Error Spotting:
The sentence talks about the impact of the economic slowdown on the real estate industry. It states that the industry faced a gloomy situation last year due to the cascading effect of the economic slowdown. However, it is looking up this year.
The error in the sentence is in part (b), which states "has brought a much unnerving gloom." The word "much" is not required in the sentence. The correct word to be used here is "unprecedented" instead of "much."
Correct Sentence: The cascading effect of economic slowdown has brought an unprecedented gloom to the real estate industry last year, but the industry is looking up this year.
Explanation:
The sentence talks about the impact of the economic slowdown on the real estate industry. The cascading effect of the economic slowdown has resulted in a negative impact on the industry. The industry faced a gloomy situation last year due to this effect. However, this year, the industry is looking up.
The error in the sentence is the usage of the word "much" in part (b). The word "much" is not required in the sentence. Instead, the word "unprecedented" can be used to convey the same meaning. The usage of the word "unprecedented" signifies that the industry has never faced such a situation before. The rest of the sentence is grammatically correct.
Hence, the corrected sentence is: The cascading effect of economic slowdown has brought an unprecedented gloom to the real estate industry last year, but the industry is looking up this year.