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As he stood / below the shower / the sharp jets of / ice cold water revived his spirit.

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Correct Answer: Option D

Change, spirit ==> spirits

Normally, Spirit is noun which means soul or non physical part of a man or person (Sometimes, it also used as an adjective.). In other hand, Often Spirits is a person's mood or attitude. So, in above given sentence, revival of the mood of a person is quite suitable.

See these examples:

1. The warm weather lifted everyone's spirits.
2. He confessed in a spirit of self-respect.

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Prosanjeet Dey
Prosanjeet Dey 5 years ago
Ice cold water = redundancy. Cold water correct i think
Rahul Sonkar
Rahul Sonkar 6 years ago
Ice cold water must be change to ice water
Gyan Prakash
Gyan Prakash 9 years ago
why we use below instead of under?
Kumar Chandan
Kumar Chandan 11 years ago
Normally, Spirit is noun which means soul or non physical part of a man or person (Sometimes, it also used as an adjective.). In other hand, Often Spirits is a person's mood or attitude. So, in above given sentence, revival of the mood of a person is quite suitable. See these examples:

1. The warm weather lifted everyone's spirits.

2. He confessed in a spirit of self-respect
Saumya
Saumya 11 years ago
Spirits is not right word here. Checked by the hard rule of grammar also, spirit is right. If you don't agree, provide the reason.