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Question : Select the most appropriate option that can substitute the underlined segment in the given sentence. If there is no need to substitute it, select ‘No substitution required’.

The soldiers had no choice to report the loss to their commander.

Option 1: no choice as to

Option 2: no choice how to

Option 3: No substitution required

Option 4: no choice but to


Team Careers360 7th Jan, 2024
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Correct Answer: no choice but to


Solution : The right option is the fourth option .

The original sentence lacks a necessary conjunction that connects the elements correctly.

The revised sentence, "The soldiers had no choice but to report the loss to their commander", introduces the conjunction but . In English, the phrase no choice but to is an idiom used to convey that there is only one option or course of action available in a situation.

This addition of but rectifies the structure of the sentence, making it grammatically correct and expressing the soldiers' lack of alternative options except to report the loss to their commander.

So, the corrected sentence would be: "The soldiers had no choice but to report the loss to their commander."

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