Multiple choice

Directions: Look at the italic part of the sentence. Three possible substitutions (1), (2) and (3) for the italic part are given. If one of them is better than the italic part, mark it as the answer. If any of the substitution doesn't improve the sentence, mark (4).

They were not interested in discussing about your problems.

  1. discussing your problems

  2. discussing on your problems

  3. discussing for your problems

  4. no improvement needed
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A Correct answer
Explanation

'Discuss' is a transitive verb and does not need a preposition. We say 'discuss something' not 'discuss about something'. Both 'on' and 'for' are incorrect prepositions to use with discuss.

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