2015 · Q54
The speaker asked the audience to bear upon him for a few minutes more.
EnglishSentence Improvement
- Aon
- Bwith
- Cfor
- DNo improvement
Explanation
‘Bear with’ means to be patient or tolerant with someone — exactly the speaker’s request for a few more minutes. ‘Bear upon’ means to influence or have a bearing on, which is wrong here. ‘Bear on’ and ‘bear for’ do not fit either. Hence (b) is correct.