The managing director objected to ______ excluded from the high-level restructuring negotiations.
Answer and explanation
Correct answer: D. being
- Step 1: The phrasal verb 'object to' requires a gerund complement because 'to' functions as a preposition. The passive gerund 'being excluded' correctly serves as the prepositional object of 'to'. Answer: being. Why not the others: "to be continually" treats 'to' as an infinitive particle rather than a preposition governing a gerund complement; "having to be" introduces an extraneous sense of obligation that is unidiomatic in this context; "be treated and" uses a bare infinitive which cannot follow the preposition 'to'.
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