English usage — correct preposition with "rush": Choose the option that improves the sentence's prepositional phrase. Original sentence: "He has received no other message than an urgent telegram asking him to rush his village immediately." Select the best replacement for the highlighted part.
Verbal Ability
Sentence Correction
Difficulty: Easy
Choose an option
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Aasked him to rush his village
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Basking him to have rush his village
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Casking him to rush to his village
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Dasking him rushing at his village
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ENo correction required
Answer
Correct Answer: asking him to rush to his village
Explanation
Given data
- Verb–preposition pairing with a destination noun ("village").
Concept/ApproachWith motion verbs like rush, use the preposition to before the destination: "rush to his village".
Option analysisC. "asking him to rush to his village" → correct. ✔A/B/D/E → wrong form or missing/incorrect preposition.
Corrected sentence"… an urgent telegram asking him to rush to his village immediately."
Final Answerasking him to rush to his village