Select the sentence with the appropriate use of prepositions. 

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  1. It has been raining till morning.
  2. It has been raining from morning. 
  3. It has been raining by morning. 
  4. It has been raining since morning. 

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Option 4 : It has been raining since morning. 
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The correct answer is: It has been raining since morning. 

Key Points 

  • Let us look at the meaning of the given prepositions.
    • Till: Up to the point in time or the event mentioned. (समय तक या उल्लिखित घटना तक)
    • From: Indicates the point in time at which a particular process, event, or activity starts. (उस समय को इंगित करना जिस पर एक विशेष प्रक्रिया, घटना या गतिविधि शुरू होती है)
    • By: Identifies the agent performing an action. (कार्रवाई करने वाले एजेंट की पहचान करना)
    • Since: From a particular time in the past until a later time, or until now. (अतीत में किसी विशेष समय से बाद के समय तक, या अब तक)
      • For example- I haven't eaten since breakfast.
  • The given sentence is saying that the rain has started in the morning and it is still continuing.
  • We use since as a preposition, a conjunction and an adverb to refer to a time, and as a conjunction to introduce a reason.
  • So, as per the meaning of the given prepositions "since" should be used here.

​Therefore, the correct answer is option 4.

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