Multiple choice

Directions: Look at the underlined part of the sentence. Below the sentence is given three possible substitutions for the underlined part. If one of the possible substitutions is better than the underlined part, indicate it as your answer. If none of the substitutions improves the sentence, indicate (4) as your answer.

The police did not, yet, succeed in arresting him.

  1. however

  2. but

  3. though

  4. No improvement needed
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A Correct answer
Explanation

'Yet' is used when it is preceded by the conjunction “though “and in the given sentence no such conjunction has been used “However” is a sentence linker and as such is most suited in the given sentence. Hence, (1) is the correct answer.

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