Question

Rewrite the following sentence correctly. Do not make unnecessary changes.
The opposition-held to ridicule the reforms suggested by the ruling party.

Answer 1

Hint: A sentence has a subject which is followed by a verb and then an object. The subject and the object are connected by one verb in a sentence.

Complete step-by-step answer:

From the hint given to us, we know that a sentence has a subject which is followed by a verb and then an object. We also know that the subject and the object are connected by one verb in a sentence.
We observe that in the sentence given to us the opposite is the subject and the ruling party is the object. However, we also observe that there are two verbs in the sentence, that is ‘held’ which is past for ‘hold’ and ‘ridicule’. From the two verbs used, we have to choose one in order to correct the sentence.
If we construct the sentence as, “The opposition-held to ridicule the reforms suggested by the ruling party.”, the sentence is meaningless as the verb does not fit in the context of the sentence.
Hence, we can construct the sentence as “The opposition ridiculed the reforms suggested by the ruling party.” the sentence is correct grammatically and is meaningful too. We chose the simple past form of ‘ridicule’ as the original sentence had used a simple past for hold.

Note: Two verbs can only be used to connect the subject with the object if the verbs are separated by commas.