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Which of the phrases a: b: c: and d: given below should replace the phara given in bold in the following sentence to make the sentence grammatically meaningful and correct ? If the sentence is correct as it is and ?No correction required? mark e: as the answer.

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Which of the phrases a: b: c: and d: given below should replace the phara given in bold in the following sentence to make the sentence grammatically meaningful and correct ? If the sentence is correct as it is and ?No correction required? mark e: as the answer.


I was taken back by his sudden comment on this issue
1). would be taken back by
2). was taken backwards by
3). was taken back for
4). was taken aback by

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Solution

The phrase used is gramatically incorrect.
The correct usage of phrase is: was taken aback.
The sentence would read as:
I was taken aback by his sudden comment on this issue.

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