Question

It is unfortunate that the lure of visiting foreign countries still draws a very large number of our people, who \underline{do not seem to be realizing what their own country is and how much can be seen and learnt from it.}

• A. Who do not seem to realize their country and see and learn from it
• B. Who are not realizing what their own country is and how much there is in it to see and learn from
• C. Who do not seem to realize what their own country is and how much there is in it to see and learn from it
• D. Who do not seem to realize what their own country is and how much there is in it to see and learn from

Hint:

When checking sentence correction, avoid progressive tenses with stative verbs like “realize,” and ensure complete prepositional phrases.

Answer 1

The Correct Option is C

We need a grammatically correct and logically coherent phrase that continues smoothly from the relative pronoun "who."
- Option (A) uses “realize their country,” which is awkward and unidiomatic English. One does not “realize” a country; the verb is mismatched.
- Option (B) uses “are not realizing,” which is incorrect as “realize” is a stative verb and not normally used in the progressive tense.
- Option (C) is the best and most natural phrasing. It uses the correct verb tense (“do not seem to realize”) and flows smoothly, ending with “learn from it” which correctly refers to “their own country.”
- Option (D) is incomplete; it ends abruptly at “learn from,” leaving the object of the preposition undefined.
Therefore, option \(\boxed{\text{C}}\) is the most grammatically and logically accurate substitute.