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Choose the correct version of the given sentence from the options below :

The committee told me that they have already been processed the file.

Solution

Correct Option: 2

The reporting verb told is in the past tense, so the reported clause must shift one step back. The intended meaning is that the processing was already complete before the telling, which calls for past perfect active had already processed. Option 1 misuses has with they. Option 3 keeps the flawed passive been processed. Option 4 loses the tense sequence.

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