Last year / many people / died from cholera epidemic.
A. Last year
B. many people
C. died from cholera epidemic
D. No Error
Answer: Option C
Solution (By Examveda Team)
Question: Last year / many people / died from cholera epidemic.This sentence tests your understanding of subject-verb agreement and the correct use of prepositions.
Let's break down each part:
Option A: Last year - This is an adverbial phrase indicating time. It's grammatically correct.
Option B: many people - This is the subject of the sentence. "Many" is a quantifier modifying the plural noun "people". This is grammatically correct.
Option C: died from cholera epidemic - This is the verb phrase. The verb "died" agrees with the plural subject "many people". However, the prepositional phrase "from cholera epidemic" might be slightly problematic. While understandable, it's more natural and precise to say "died *in* a cholera epidemic" or "died *of* cholera". "Died from" implies a more direct cause (e.g., "He died from a gunshot wound"), whereas a cholera epidemic is a context, not a direct cause in the same way.
Option D: No Error - Considering the slightly awkward prepositional phrase, this is unlikely to be correct.
Therefore, the answer is Option C because the preposition "from" is not the most suitable choice to describe death caused by an epidemic. Using "in" or "of" would make the sentence more accurate and natural.
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Died from --) × Died of ✓
Died from or died of cholera both are correct
cholera is a internal disease prob not the external one. so died of must come in place of died from ... plz correct it
She died of/from hunger/cancer/a heart attack/her injuries.
It is a brave person who will die for their beliefs.
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Many people have a fear of dying.
Our love will never die.
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(Cambridge Dictionary)
I think it should be "died of".
But then I found this-
Prepositions with die:
• Someone dies of or from a disease or injury:
He died of a heart attack.
He died from a heart attack.
Die of is more common than die from.
reference:
https://www.ldoceonline.com/dictionary/die
Epidemical all desease means preposition in should be applied
died of aayegaa
I think this will be Died of because Die of Disease is used.
Alteast Mr. examvedaji Reply to our comments. died Of cholera
died of is used for diseases.
it should be "died of Cholera"
It should be died of cholera.
should not it be "died of cholera"?