Fill in the blank in the following sentence with the most appropriate word from the options given below:
What are you objecting ___?
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 3
The correct answer is Option (3) → to
Complete sentence: What are you objecting to? In a question the preposition moves to the end, so "You are objecting to what?" becomes "What are you objecting to?"
| Option | Used to show | Example |
|---|---|---|
| (1) of | belonging or relation. “Object of” is used only for the noun (the object of the game), not the verb. | The roof of the house was damaged. |
| (2) from | a starting point or source. The verb object never takes it. | She returned from Jaipur yesterday. |
| (3) to (answer) | The verb object (to oppose or disapprove of something) always takes to: object to something. | Many residents objected to the new flyover. |
| (4) by | the doer of an action or the means. “Objecting by” does not say what is opposed. | The poem was written by Tagore. |