Select the option that will improve the underlined part of the given sentence. In case no improvement is needed, select 'No improvement required'.
He is bent to harm me as much as he can.
- Aon harm
- Bto harming
- CNo improvement required
- Dupon harming
Solution & Step-by-step Explanation
The idiomatic phrase in English is bent on doing something or bent upon doing something, which means to be determined to do something (usually something harmful or negative).
This idiom requires the preposition on or upon followed by a gerund (V
1
+ing).
Incorrect: bent to harm
Correct: bent on harming / bent upon harming
Looking at the options, "upon harming" is grammatically correct and fits the idiom perfectly. Option A is incorrect because it uses the base noun/verb form "harm" instead of the gerund. Option B uses the incorrect preposition "to".
This idiom requires the preposition on or upon followed by a gerund (V
1
+ing).
Incorrect: bent to harm
Correct: bent on harming / bent upon harming
Looking at the options, "upon harming" is grammatically correct and fits the idiom perfectly. Option A is incorrect because it uses the base noun/verb form "harm" instead of the gerund. Option B uses the incorrect preposition "to".