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Select the option that expresses the given sentence in indirect speech: The historian said, 'But for the sudden onset of the monsoon, the army would have captured the fort by sunset.'
- 1The historian said that for the sudden onset of the monsoon, the army would had captured the fort by sunset.
- 2The historian stated that but for the sudden onset of the monsoon, the army would had captured the fort by sunset.
- 3The historian remarked that if the monsoon did not set in suddenly, the army would have captured the fort by sunset.
- 4The historian said that but for the sudden onset of the monsoon, the army would have captured the fort by sunset.✓
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The historian said that but for the sudden onset of the monsoon, the army would have captured the fort by sunset.
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