Multiple choice

Directions: The word/phrase, (1), (2), and (3) should replace the word/phrase given in italics in the following sentence so as to make it most effective and meaningfully correct. If the sentence is correct and needs no change, mark (4).

He insisted on he was innocent.

  1. insisted on that

  2. insisted that

  3. insists that

  4. No correction needed
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B Correct answer
Explanation

'Insisted on' is followed by a noun. 'Innocent' is not a noun,  but a verb of being. 'Insisted that' takes verb of being. Hence, option 2.

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