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Sentence improvement: choose the correct verb pattern with “attend” (no “to”) Original sentence: "The meeting was attended to by all invitees." Select the option that yields the standard passive construction.

Difficulty: Easy

all attended to by
attended by all
fully attended to by
like attending to all
No correction required

Correct Answer: attended by all

Explanation:

Concept
Attend is a transitive verb meaning "be present at" and does not take "to" in this sense. The correct passive is "was attended by all invitees."

Option analysis
attended by all — correct verb + agent phrase in the passive. ✅Other options wrongly insert "to" or are ungrammatical.

Final Answer
"The meeting was attended by all invitees."

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