Question : Select the most appropriate option that can substitute the underlined segment in the given sentence. If there is no need to substitute it, select ‘No substitution required’.
Jeremy does not like to discuss his personnel problems openly.
Option 1: No substitution required
Option 2: personnel problem
Option 3: personal problems
Option 4: person problem
Correct Answer: personal problems
Solution : The third option is correct.
Explanation : The term personnel refers to the employees or workforce of an organisation. In the given sentence, the intended meaning is Jeremy's individual or private problems, not those related to his work or personnel. Therefore, the correct term is personal problems , where personal denotes issues related to an individual's private life.
So, the correct sentence would be: "Jeremy does not like to discuss his personal problems openly."
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