Correct option is A
The correct substitution of the highlighted words is (a)
told me.
Explanation:
·
Tell takes a
direct object (person):
tell + someone + something →
She
told me
the truth.
·
Say does
not take the person directly; we use
say + to + person:
She
said to me
“...” (but then the object is typically a
that-clause or quoted speech).
· In the given sentence, the verb must carry both
indirect object (me) and
direct object (the truth)—hence
told me is correct.
Grammatical rule used:
·
tell + person + thing;
say + thing (+ to + person).
Example:
The teacher
told us
the rules. /
The teacher
said (to us)
that the test was tomorrow.
Information booster: With
reporting verbs, prefer
tell when the
listener is expressed without a preposition; prefer
say when focusing on
content (often with
that or quoted speech).
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