English Grammar - Sentence Structure and Transformation

English Grammar
English Grammar - Sentence Structure and Transformation

Choose the most suitable option to replace the highlighted part of the sentence: The judge declared the prisoner as guilty.


Options:

  1. guilty for
  2. guilty
  3. as being guilty
  4. guilty to crime

Right Answer: guilty

The verb 'declare' when used in the sense of pronouncing a judgment or verdict is directly followed by a complement (adjective or noun) without the preposition 'as', for example 'declared him guilty' or 'declared the meeting open'. The original sentence incorrectly inserts 'as' before the adjective 'guilty', which is grammatically redundant and non-standard usage with 'declare'. Option 1 adds an incorrect preposition 'for', option 3 retains the unnecessary 'as being', and option 4 adds an incorrect and unidiomatic phrase 'to crime'. Only option 2, simply 'guilty', correctly follows the standard construction 'declared + object + adjective'. Therefore, the correct answer is option 2.

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