In the following question, some part of the sentence may have errors. Find out which part of the sentence has an error and select the appropriate option. If a sentence is free from error, select 'No Error' . The vast majority of people are consuming (1)/ suboptimal amounts of most micronutrients (2)/ and most of the micronutrients concerning are very safe. (3)/ No error (4)
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Part (3) contains the error: "most of the micronutrients concerning are very safe" is ungrammatical. "Concerning" cannot stand as a post-modifier of "micronutrients" here. The idiomatic phrase is "of concern" — i.e., "most of the micronutrients of concern are very safe". Parts (1) and (2) are grammatically sound.
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