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Dear Editor.
My name is Tanvi and I decided to write this letter to report a serious situation that is happening in our community and I believe that in many others scattered in New Delhi. This situation is the constant attack on the elderly.
As we know, the elderly deserve respect and peace, since they work and worked hard to create the country in which we live. Many elderly people live alone for several reasons, mainly due to family abandonment, which is already a stressful situation for them who need to rest and have a peaceful life. The elderly, in general, are fragile and living alone leaves them extremely vulnerable, which allows evildoers to attack them.
Most of these malefactors want to steal something of value from the elderly, placing them in a situation of extreme stress and even acting with physical violence against them.
These attacks happen frequently in our region. For this reason, I would like to ask you to inform your audience about this problem, making them aware and allowing them to draw the attention of the authorities in relation to this.
I know that you will be helping the elderly in our community in the best possible way and I thank you for your time.
Sincerely.
J. Tanvi
Answer:
a). False
b). singular only
Explanation:
a). The adjective 'local' which denotes 'from or in a nearby location' exemplifies a base word. In this word, the suffix '-al' is joined with a bound morpheme 'loc-' to make it meaningful. Bound morphemes cannot stand on their own to convey meaning and thus, it requires another suffix or prefix to accomplish its meaning. Thus, the statement is false as the 'local' itself is a root word used with various suffixes to derive words like locally, localized, locality, etc.
b). Grammatically, <u>the noun 'news' is considered singular, as well as, uncountable and therefore, it carries a singular verb</u>. It remains the same irrespective of the singular or plural context in which it is being used. It doesn't carry an indefinite article as it specifies the number of the noun. The noun 'news' varies its meaning in the context which it is used in. However, the form remains 'singular only.'