Question
At every gathering of sports events there are more ________ than participants.
- Looker-ons
- Lookers-ons
- Lookers-on
- None of the above
Hint:
Plural nouns indicate noun in more than one form.
The correct answer is: Lookers-on
In the given options, OPTION 1 is the correct answer.
At every gathering of sports events there are more looker-ons than participants.
in the above sentence, the word are indicates more than one looker ons.
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