Sentence Correction: Proclaim Construction

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In the following sentence, a part of the sentence is underlined. Choose the best alternative among the four.

Many of these environmentalists <u>proclaim to save nothing less than</u> the planet itself.

  1. A.

    to save nothing lesser than

  2. B.

    that they are saving nothing lesser than

  3. C.

    to save nothing less than

  4. D.

    that they save nothing less than

Answer

D

Explanation

'Proclaim' should be followed by a 'that' clause rather than an infinitive, making option D correct.

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