Idiom and collocation: Decide whether a change is required. Original sentence: "The people generally try to curry favour with the corrupt but influential person." Choose the best option.

Concept/Approach

Curry favour with is a correct and widely used idiom meaning "to try to gain someone's favour by flattery".

Option analysisE is correct. A is meaningless; B changes the idiom (not wrong in isolation but the original is already idiomatic); C/D are inappropriate collocations.

Final AnswerNo correction required