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: Which word is wrong in the sentence. "We was caught good and proper." was proper good caught

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Answer:

We were caught.

Step-by-step explanation:

"We was caught good and proper."

The above sentence or line was taken from the story "The Necklace". It was written by author, Guy de Maupassant.

In the above sentence, the sentence is wrong. The correct form of the sentence is :

"We were caught" or "We were thoroughly caught".

The sentence meant that the characters in the story was caught fully by somebody.

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