It is overwhelmingly agreed that the majority of today's emotional and physical problems ______the stresses of life.
a) has its origin in
b) have its origins with
c) have their origins in
d) have had their origins on
Answers
It is overwhelmingly agreed that the majority of today's emotional and physical problems c) have their origins in the stresses of life.
Three things need to be considered while answering this question:
1. Subject-verb agreement
The focus here is on 'majority of today's emotional and physical problems'. Since 'problems' is plural, we need a plural verb, 'have'. Therefore, options with 'has' can be eliminated. Hence option a) 'has its origin in', is incorrect.
2. Preposition usage
The correct preposition to be used with 'origin' is 'in'.
Thus, option b) 'have its origins with' and
option d) 'have had their origins on' are incorrect answers.
3. Pronoun usage
The correct pronoun to be used with 'problems' is 'their'. Hence option a) has its origin in and option b) have its origins with are incorrect.
That leaves us with option c) 'have their origins in', which is the correct answer.
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