Question

click to correct the homophone if needed.
city transportation officials raised the local bus fair in millersburg by thirty percent
last month, but a commuter boycott forced them to rescind the increase.

Explanation:

The word "fair" in the context of bus pricing is incorrect. The correct homophone is "fare", which refers to the price of a ticket for public transportation. We need to replace "fair" with "fare" to make the sentence semantically correct regarding bus pricing.

Answer:

The correct sentence is: "City transportation officials raised the local bus fare in Millersburg by thirty percent last month, but a commuter boycott forced them to rescind the increase."