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Verbal Ability/Word-usage 22 / 50

Choose the option in which the usage of the word is incorrect or inappropriate: carry

A. The committee resolved to carry over the outstanding agenda items to the next monthly meeting.
B. The highly disciplined soldiers were trained to carry out orders without question or hesitation.
C. In many cultures, the elder's advice tends to carry a significant weight in family decisions.
D. Despite intense scrutiny, the new policy managed to carry the day, gaining widespread approval.

The incorrect or inappropriate usage of the word "carry" is in the third option: "In many cultures, the elder's advice tends to carry a significant weight in family decisions."
Why it's wrong:
The idiomatic expression for having importance or influence is "carry weight," typically without an indefinite article before "weight" even when modified by an adjective like "significant." While "carry a lot of weight" is common, "carry a significant weight" is unidiomatic in this context. The article "a" implies a countable or specific physical weight, not influence.
Correct usage: "In many cultures, the elder's advice tends to carry significant weight in family decisions."

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