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The word 'implication' is used in the following sentences. Identify the sentences in which it is used correctly: I. The short-sighted move of the government will have far-reaching implications, but the government is unable to predict them. II. It is very necessary that the criminal should be implicated at any cost, and if one can do anything about it, that must be done. III. The implication is that all of them were responsible for the mishap at the office.

1. Only I
2. Only III
3. Both II and III
4. Both I and III

Correct answer: Both I and III

Solution

In sentence I, 'implications' correctly means consequences or effects. In sentence III, 'implication' correctly means an inferred meaning or suggestion. Sentence II is incorrect because 'implicated' means to involve someone in a crime, not to prove or catch them.

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