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

He has been suffering of malaria since a week.

Option 1: from malaria for a week

Option 2: No substitution

Option 3: of malaria for the week

Option 4: with malaria since a week


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Answer (1)
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Correct Answer: from malaria for a week


Solution : The first option is correct.

The phrase of malaria for a week should be replaced with from malaria for a week . The preposition of is changed to from because it is the correct preposition to indicate what he was suffering from. Also, since is changed to for because since is used to refer to a time (an action that began in the past and is still continuing) and for is used to show a period of time, in the past, present or future.

Therefore, the correct sentence is: He has been suffering from malaria for a week .

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