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Parts of the following sentence have been underlined and given as options. Select the option that contains a spelling error.
How simple for the English businesman to word a cable that would be intelligible to Italian, Turkish and Chinese firms? If statesmen could discuss directly and accurately the problems.

  1. A
    statesmen
  2. B
    intelligible
  3. C
    businesman
  4. D
    firms

Solution & Step-by-step Explanation

The spelling of the word "businesman" is incorrect. The correct spelling is "businessman" (with a double 's' from business + man).
All other highlighted words ("statesmen", "intelligible", "firms") are spelled correctly.

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Parts of the following sentence have been underlined and given as options. Select the option that contains a spelling error.
How simple for the English businesman to word a cable that would be intelligible to Italian, Turkish and Chinese firms? If statesmen could discuss directly and accurately the problems.
A
statesmen
B
intelligible
C
businesman
D
firms

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