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Choose the most preferable sentence in respect to grammar, meaning and usage in order to express the intended theme.
Choose the most preferable sentence in respect to grammar, meaning and usage in order to express the intended theme.
Updated On: May 4, 2024
- The dacoits having stopped to divide the booty; the police overtook them.
- The dacoits stopping to divide the booty, the police overtook them.
- Since the dacoits stopped to divide the booty, the police had overtaken them.
- he dacoits having been stopped to divide the booty; the police overtook them.
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The correct option is (A): The dacoits having stopped to divide the booty; the police overtook them
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