Question : Select the most appropriate option to improve the underlined segment in the given sentence. If there is no need to improve it, select ‘No improvement required’.
Often we ourselves are responsible for our ill health.
Option 1: themselves
Option 2: yourself
Option 3: ourself
Option 4: No improvement required
Correct Answer: No improvement required
Solution : The correct choice is the fourth option.
The sentence as it stands is grammatically correct and coherent. The reflexive pronoun "ourselves" is used appropriately here to indicate that individuals are sometimes the cause of their own poor health.
Therefore, in the given sentence, there is no improvement required.
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