They acknowledged a before us that b they were defeated c No error d ........

English ( Master) Preposition

They acknowledged (a) / before us that (b) / they were defeated. (c) / No error (d)

- Part (a): "They acknowledged"

- This part is correct and sets up the rest of the sentence.

- No error here.

- Part (b): "before us that"

- The phrase "before us" is not the best choice. It should be "to us".

- Part (b) contains the error.

- Part (c): "they were defeated."

- This correctly states the outcome and is grammatically fine.

- No error here.

- Part (d): "No error"

- Due to the issue in part (b), this option is incorrect.

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