Question

He told lies ...the police insert the preposition

Answer 1

Answer:-  he told lies to the police

Answer 2

Answer:

He told lies to the police.

Explanation:

• Prepositions are the word functions used before a noun, pronoun or noun phrase that typically join with a noun phrase to form a phrase expressed as a modification.

• Prepositions are used to show direction, time, location, place or introduce an object etc.

• Prepositions in linguistics are highly idiomatic. Though their uses follow certain specific rules, incorrect prepositions can cause changes in the meaning of a sentence or lead to grammar errors. Thus it is important to remember and memorize the phrase instead of the individual preposition.

• Here the preposition "to" is used to indicate the person or something related.

Hence the correct line is He told lies to the police.