Multiple choice

Directions: Give the appropriate replacement for the underlined word(s) in the given sentence to make it grammatically correct. If no improvement is needed, mark (4) as the answer.

He refused in doing so.

  1. to doing so

  2. to do so

  3. to doing that

  4. No improvement needed
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

The verb 'refuse' is typically followed by a to-infinitive ('to do') rather than a preposition and a gerund ('in doing'). 'Refused to do so' is the standard idiomatic construction.

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