In the question below choose the word(s) or phrase(s) which best fill(s) the gap(s):

The judge acquitted the accused .... all the eight counts

  • A of
  • B on
  • C from
  • D upon
jamb 1989english-language

The correct answer is A. of

Prepositions are the words that join a noun, pronoun or the noun phrases and make each sentence complete. ''of'' is the correct option because in this context, it is used to specify the number or an amount. Hence the statement would read, 

The judge acquitted the accused of all the eight counts.

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