|Question 7Verbal

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In the seventeenth century, market-savvy British greenhouses scrambled to cultivate ______ the small group of wealthy consumers who could afford to import them from the Caribbean, the fruits had become a status symbol.
Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?
pineapples. For
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pineapples, for
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pineapples for
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pineapples, which for
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