Sentence improvement — Correct number and noun form in ‘‘There is dearth of woman doctor in our state. We shall have to recruit some from the other states.’’ so the quantified noun phrase is grammatically sound.

Given dataThere is dearth of woman doctor in our state. We shall have to recruit some from the other states.

Concept/ApproachAfter ‘‘a/there is (a) dearth of’’ referring to a plural shortage, the noun should be plural: ‘‘women doctors’’. Also, ‘‘a dearth of’’ commonly takes the article ‘‘a’’ in polished style, but the key correction is plural agreement with ‘‘some’’ in the next sentence.

Option analysiswomen doctor — Plural first word with singular head noun; mismatched.woman doctors — Mismatched modifier; acceptable in compounds like ‘‘woman doctor’’ (singular), but plural should be ‘‘women doctors’’.women doctors — Fully correct plural noun phrase.No improvement — Leaves number disagreement.

Verification/AlternativeRevised sentence: ‘‘There is a dearth of women doctors in our state; we shall have to recruit some from other states.’’

Final Answerwomen doctors