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Fill in the blank with the appropriate article. Had he possessed ______ foresight to anticipate such eventualities, the entire trajectory of the pro
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Fill in the blank with the appropriate article.
Had he possessed ______ foresight to anticipate such eventualities, the entire trajectory of the project might have altered dramatically.

A.

no article

B.

the

C.

a

D.

an

Correct option is B

The correct option to fill in the blank is (b) the.
Explanation: With abstract nouns like foresight, we often use the when referring to a specific, definite quality relevant to the context: “the foresight to anticipate such eventualities.” The sentence is also a conditional inversion: Had + subject + past participle (instead of If he had possessed…), so the idiomatic, definite phrase is the foresight. (foresight = दूरदर्शिता, भविष्य की घटनाओं का अनुमान लगाने की क्षमता)
Example: Had she possessed the foresight to diversify earlier, the company would have survived the downturn.
Explain why other options are incorrect.
(a) no article: Had he possessed foresight… is grammatical but sounds generic; here, the writer points to a particular needed quality (the foresight to anticipate such eventualities), hence the.
(c) a: a foresight is rarely used because foresight is uncountable in this sense.
(d) an: requires a vowel-sound noun following; plus, foresight is uncountable and takes no article or the, not an.
Information booster (Articles with abstract nouns):
We use the with abstract nouns to denote a specific instance/quality (the courage to speak up, the wisdom to wait). Without an article, the noun is generic (Courage is admirable). In fixed patterns like the foresight to + V, the is preferred.

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