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Which of the following corrects the error in meaning and usage in the sentence below?

"I cannot help but be offended by the imply that I am always tardy to work and class".

Change help to helpful.
Change offended to offense.
Change imply to implication.
Change tardy to tardiness.

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Change imply to implication
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The answer is: change imply to implication.

Imply is a verb which means to indicate, point, reference or involve something by means of inference, which is to say, it is not explicit.

The correct word to use above would be “implication”, which implies the same meanings as above, but used in a grammatically correct way, that is to say, using it as a noun, not a verb.

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