Which preposition correctly completes the sentence below?

Answer:It is a serious criminal offense for any individual to tamper 【with】 official election documents.

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with

The verb 'tamper' takes the dependent preposition 'with' to form the standard collocation meaning to meddle with or make illegal modifications to something.

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Identify the head verb in the predicate that requires a dependent preposition.

The verb in context is 'tamper'.

Certain English verbs require specific dependent prepositions to complete their grammatical and semantic meaning.

Select the standard dependent preposition that collocates with 'tamper'.

The correct preposition is 'with'.

The fixed verb-preposition combination 'tamper with' means to make unauthorized, illegal, or damaging alterations to something.

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Dependent Prepositions and Verb Collocations

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