Since the prisoner couldn’t **coexist by another convicts, he **spent a lot of time in solitary confinement.

Choose the most appropriate replacement for the highlighted phrase to make the sentence grammatically and contextually correct. If the highlighted phrase is already correct, select "No replacement required."

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Since the prisoner couldn’t **coexist by another convicts, he **spent a lot of time in solitary confinement.

Choose the most appropriate replacement for the highlighted phrase to make the sentence grammatically and contextually correct. If the highlighted phrase is already correct, select "No replacement required."

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**Solution:**

1. The phrase "coexist by another convicts" is grammatically incorrect.

2. The verb "coexist" should be followed by the preposition "with" to indicate living or existing together.

3. The subject "prisoner" is singular, so the verb should be "coexist" (base form after modal "couldn’t") and the object should be plural "convicts" to indicate others.

4. Option (c) "coexist with other convicts, he" correctly uses the verb and preposition, and the plural noun "convicts" fits the context.

5. Other options either misuse prepositions, verb tense, or pronouns.

**Answer:** (c) "coexist with other convicts, he"

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