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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'.

Abraham Lincoln has been the sixteenth president of the United States and save the Union at the American Civil War.

Option 1: No substitution

Option 2: save the Union alongside

Option 3: saved the Union during

Option 4: saved the Union on


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Correct Answer: saved the Union during


Solution : The most appropriate option to substitute the underlined segment is the third option.

The original sentence has an error because it combines " has been" (present perfect tense) with "save " (present tense). To maintain tense consistency, we should use "saved " to match the past tense of the American Civil War. " During " correctly expresses the time frame in which Lincoln played a significant role in saving the Union during the American Civil War.

Therefore, the correct sentence is: "Abraham Lincoln has been the sixteenth president of the United States and saved the Union during the American Civil War."

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