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WBCS Preliminary Examination 2019 — General Studies · Question 15 of 200

Q15
EnglishVerbs, Tenses & Agreement
Which is the correct form of the given sentence? They discussed about the matter.
  1. a.They had discussed about the matter.
  2. b.They should have discussed about the matter.
  3. c.They discussed the matter.
  4. d.The given sentence is correct.

Answer: (C) They discussed the matter.

"Discuss" is a transitive verb in English and directly takes an object — it does not take the preposition "about" (unlike its noun form "a discussion about"). Removing "about" gives the grammatically correct sentence.

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