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Convert the sentence below from passive to active voice: The possibility of the encrypted correspondence being intercepted prior to declassification was not categorically dismissed.

1. Authorities categorically dismissed the interception prior to declassification.
2. The interception was dismissed before declassification occurred.
3. They did not categorically dismiss the possibility that the encrypted correspondence was intercepted prior to declassification.
4. Declassification occurred before the dismissal of interception.

Correct answer: They did not categorically dismiss the possibility that the encrypted correspondence was intercepted prior to declassification.

Solution

The passive sentence states that the possibility was not dismissed. In active voice, this becomes a negative statement with an implied subject such as "they" who did not dismiss that possibility.

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