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Select the most appropriate option that can substitute the underlined words in the given sentence. Ranjith failed in all his exams as he had been addicted to social media.

1. as he had been addicted at
2. as he had been addicted on
3. as he had been addicted in
4. as he had been addicted to

Correct answer: as he had been addicted to

Solution

'Addicted' is followed by the preposition 'to' when referring to a habit or dependency. So the corrected phrase is 'addicted to social media'.

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