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Directions: Look at the underlined part of the sentence. Below the sentence three possible substitutions are given 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 only inhabitants of the village said that they have never known anyone cross the hills in deep snow.
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had never known
💡 Explanation:
Case of past perfect tense. 'Said' is the past form of 'say', so 'have never known' should be replaced by 'had never known'.