Choose the correct sentence.
Correct answer: A. "Naeem hated the '90s. He spent the whole decade in a dead end job struggling to pay his rent."
- A. "Naeem hated the '90s. He spent the whole decade in a dead end job struggling to pay his rent."
- B. "Naeem hated the '90s. He spent a whole decade in a dead end job struggling to pay his rent."
- C. "Naeem hated the '90s. He spent whole decade in a dead end job struggling to pay his rent."
- D. "Naeem hated the '90s. He spent the whole decade in dead end job struggling to pay his rent."
Explanation
This option is grammatically correct. It uses "the whole decade" to specify the entire period of the '90s, and "a dead end job" correctly uses the indefinite article "a."Options A and B are both grammatically correct and convey the intended meaning effectively.Therefore, options A and B are both correct. Since they convey the same meaning, either can be considered correct:Naeem hated the '90s. He spent the whole decade in a dead end job struggling to pay his rent.
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