Multiple choice

Directions: The following sentence has an underlined part. Below the sentence are given three possible substitutions for the underlined part. If one of them is better than the underlined part, indicate it as your response. Otherwise, mark your answer as (4).

Even though not every argument reached an equitable conclusion, their marriage lasted for almost 63 years.

  1. during

  2. over

  3. since

  4. No improvement required

  5. .
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D Correct answer
Explanation

This is the correct answer as the preposition 'for' is used to indicate amount, extent or duration. This context refers to the duration of the marriage. 

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