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In each of the following questions, a sentence is given with four words highlighted in bold and labelled as (

Q: Answer-In each of the following questions, a sentence is given with four words highlighted in bold and labe...

Grammatical Lexical Logic The verb capitulate means to surrender or yield and is an intransitive verb typically followed by the preposition to e.g., capitulate to demands. It cannot directly take an object like his leadership team. On the other hand, galvanize means to shock or excite someone into taking action, which perfectly fits the direct object his leadership team. The Swap Interchanging capitulate A and galvanize B resolves both the grammatical subcategorization and the contextual flow the CEO tried to galvanize his team but was forced to capitulate to the investors.

A , (
A his leadership team by projecting absolute confidence (
B , (
B to the demands of the activist investors (
C , and (
C , the sudden drop in stock value forced him to galvanize (
D . These words may or may not be in their correct positions. Select the option that represents the correct structural swap of words to make the sentence grammatically correct and contextually meaningful. If the sentence is correct as it is, mark "None of the above". Although the CEO attempted to capitulate (
D .