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Choose the sentence that is grammatically correct.

Updated On: Jul 15, 2026
  • A few judges have cut short their vacation to clear a long pending cases.
  • A few judges have cut short vacation to clear the long pending cases.
  • A few judges has cut short its vacation to clear the long pending cases.
  • A few judges have cut short their vacation to clear the long pending cases.
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The Correct Option is D

Approach Solution - 1

Instead of hunting for one error in each sentence, we can build the grammatically correct version from scratch and then see which option matches it.

Start with the subject: "a few judges" is plural, so the verb must be "have," not "has." Next comes the possessive word before "vacation": since it belongs to the judges, it has to be the plural "their," not the singular "its," and it cannot be left out altogether. Finally, "cases" is plural, so the article in front of it has to be "the," not "a," because we are talking about specific, already known pending cases.

Putting these three pieces together gives: "A few judges have cut short their vacation to clear the long pending cases."

Now compare this built sentence with the options. Option A swaps "the" for "a" before "cases" and breaks the article rule. Option B drops "their" before "vacation" and leaves the sentence incomplete. Option C uses "has" instead of "have" and "its" instead of "their," breaking two rules at once. Only option D matches the sentence built from the rules exactly.

So, the correct answer is A few judges have cut short their vacation to clear the long pending cases.

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A practical way to work through a sentence like this is to read each option aloud, exactly as it is written, and notice the very first spot where your ear catches something wrong before checking why.

  1. Option A: "A few judges have cut short their vacation to clear a long pending cases." Reading this aloud, the stumble comes right at "a long pending cases." Saying "a cases" out loud feels off immediately, because "a" is meant for one single thing, while "cases" is clearly more than one.
  2. Option B: "A few judges have cut short vacation to clear the long pending cases." Read aloud, this one sounds like a word has been skipped, as though you tripped over "cut short vacation" and expected "their" to be sitting right there. The sentence just feels unfinished at that point.
  3. Option C: "A few judges has cut short its vacation to clear the long pending cases." Reading this aloud, "judges has" is the moment that sounds wrong, a plural word followed immediately by a form that belongs to a single person or thing. "Its vacation" compounds the same mismatch a moment later.
  4. Option D: "A few judges have cut short their vacation to clear the long pending cases." Read this one aloud from start to finish, and nothing catches; "judges have," "their vacation," and "the long pending cases" all flow the way a native speaker would naturally say them.

Trusting the ear and then confirming with the grammar behind each stumble leads to the same result each time.

So, the correct answer is A few judges have cut short their vacation to clear the long pending cases.

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