Question

Choose the option that best corrects the sentence:
This question has multiple correct options.
 Each seat in the auditorium was empty.
A. No change
B. Every seat in the auditorium was empty.
C. Any seat in the auditorium was empty.
D. Some seats in the auditorium were empty.

Answer 1

Hint:A quantifier is a word that usually goes before a noun to express the quantity of the object; for example, a little milk. Most quantifiers are followed by a noun, though it is also possible to use them without the noun when it is clear what we are referring to. For example: Do you want some milk?

Complete answer:
In English grammar quantifiers are some, many, few or any.
Option A) No Change - This option is correct because the distributive in the given sentence stresses on each individual seat. Hence option A is correct.

Option B) Every seat in the auditorium was empty – This option is correct because 'every' stress on all members of the group as a whole. Hence option B is correct.

Option C) Any seat in the auditorium was empty - This option is incorrect because the noun requires to be either plural or uncountable and the options contain singular nouns. Thus, this is an incorrect answer.

Option D) Some seats in the auditorium were empty - This option is incorrect because the noun requires to be either plural or uncountable and the options contain singular nouns. Thus, this is an incorrect answer.

Hence, the correct answers are Option ‘A’ &‘B’.

Note:Quantifiers are used to indicate the amount or quantity of something referred to by a noun. ‘Each’ and ‘every’ is a quantifier but also a kind of determiner. Thus, option A and B is the correct answer.