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He ...... strongly against my suggestion. He refused to discuss it.

  1. opposed
  2. reacted
  3. disagreed

Can someone please tell me the right answer? I don't think it's disagreed, because you don't see the verb "disagree" before "against", so I think it's either opposed or reacted.

Cheers.

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    Neither do you see 'opposed against', because 'to oppose' means 'to be against'.
    – Kate Bunting
    Commented Nov 22, 2020 at 11:42

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Oppose itself means talking, reacting or in general, being against something. Hence it makes no sense at all to use the word against here again. Also the adverb strongly should be placed before verb oppose to make sense.

He strongly opposed my suggestion. He refused to discuss it.

React would be correct here, however the adverb placement would matter.

He strongly reacted against my suggestion. He refused to discuss it.

Disagree is just not correct and doesn't make much sense in this context. If you wish to use it, then:

He strongly disagreed with my suggestion. He refused to discuss it.

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  • Reacted strongly seems a perfectly OK order to me.
    – mdewey
    Commented Nov 22, 2020 at 13:18
  • @mdewey Yes true. I usually have the habit of writing adverb prior to verb, that's why. I will edit. Thank you.
    – Dhanishtha Ghosh
    Commented Nov 22, 2020 at 14:06

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