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Select the option that correctly expresses the given sentence in indirect speech: The General said to the troops, 'Let no man retreat from his post, for if the line breaks, all is lost; therefore, stand firm until death!'
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- 1The General commanded that no man should retreat from his post as if the line broke, all was lost, and he urged them to stand firm until death.✓
- 2The General ordered that no man might retreat from his post because if the line had broken, all would be lost; therefore, they should stand firm until death.
- 3The General commanded no man to retreat from his post for if the line broke, all was lost; therefore, he told them to stand firm until death.
- 4The General forbade any man from retreating from his post, warning that if the line broke, all was lost, and commanded them to stand firm until death.
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The General commanded that no man should retreat from his post as if the line broke, all was lost, and he urged them to stand firm until death.
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