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Some parts of the sentence have errors and some are correct. Find out which part has an error and mark that part as your answer. If there are no errors, mark ‘No error’ as your answer. Contrary to previous predictions, demand for sugarcane had not increased  in recent years.

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Some parts of the sentence have errors and some are correct. Find out which part has an error and mark that part as your answer. If there are no errors, mark ‘No error’ as your answer.

Contrary to previous predictions, demand for sugarcane had not increased  in recent years.
1). Contrary to previous predictions
2).

demand for sugarcane had not


3). increased  in recent years
4). No error


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‘Had not’ is incorrect here as the current year is also counted in ‘recent years’ and the action is not over. Also, the action has an impact in the present. Hence, ‘has not’ should be used. Thus, the error is in option 2.

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