{"id":10196,"date":"2024-04-15T03:28:02","date_gmt":"2024-04-15T03:28:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/mcq\/?p=10196"},"modified":"2024-04-15T03:28:02","modified_gmt":"2024-04-15T03:28:02","slug":"he-insisted-on-he-was-innocent-a-insisted-that-b-insisted-on-that-c-insists-that-d-no-improvement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/mcq\/he-insisted-on-he-was-innocent-a-insisted-that-b-insisted-on-that-c-insists-that-d-no-improvement\/","title":{"rendered":"He insisted on he was innocent. A. insisted that B. insisted on that C. insists that D. No improvement"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[amp_mcq option1=&#8221;insisted that&#8221; option2=&#8221;insisted on that&#8221; option3=&#8221;insists that&#8221; option4=&#8221;No improvement&#8221; correct=&#8221;option1&#8243;]<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The correct answer is A. insisted that.<\/p>\n<p>The sentence &#8220;He insisted on he was innocent&#8221; is grammatically incorrect. The verb &#8220;insist&#8221; takes a clause as its object, so the correct sentence should be &#8220;He insisted that he was innocent.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The other options are also incorrect. Option B, &#8220;insisted on that,&#8221; is a fragment. Option C, &#8220;insists that,&#8221; is in the present tense, but the context of the sentence suggests that the action happened in the past. Option D, &#8220;No improvement,&#8221; is incorrect because the sentence is grammatically incorrect.<\/p>\n<p>Here is a more detailed explanation of each option:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Option A: &#8220;He insisted that he was innocent.&#8221; This is the correct answer because it is the only option that is grammatically correct. The verb &#8220;insist&#8221; takes a clause as its object, so the correct sentence should be &#8220;He insisted that he was innocent.&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>Option B: &#8220;He insisted on that.&#8221; This is a fragment. 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