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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’.

This is the city wherever I were born twenty years ago.

Option 1: where I was born

Option 2: wherein I borne

Option 3: No substitution

Option 4: where me were born


Team Careers360 9th Jan, 2024
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Team Careers360 23rd Jan, 2024

Correct Answer: where I was born


Solution : The correct choice is the first option .

In the sentence, wherever should be replaced with where , as wherever is used for indefinite locations and where is used to refer to the specific locations. Thus, where is used to correctly refer to a specific place (the city) . To maintain the subject-verb agreement, the verb were should be replaced with was to match the singular subject.

Therefore, the correct sentence is: This is the city where I was born twenty years ago.

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