Question

The police man ran ..............the thief. pronoun
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Answer 1

Answer:

The police ran after the thief.

Explanation:

Prepositions are the words which precede with 'noun' or 'pronoun' to show the relation with other element in the clause

Answer 2

The policeman ran after the thief.

• The correct preposition to be used in the given blank is ''after''.

What is a preposition?

• A preposition is a word that is used to link nouns, pronouns to other words in a given sentence.

• A preposition usually precedes a noun or pronoun and expresses a relation to another word.

• These are small words but they are the most important ones. A preposition sits in front of its object.

The word ''after'' is a preposition that means ''behind''. Hence, the required answer is ''after''.

Since the question is incorrect. so the correct is as follows:

The police ran _____ the thief. ( after, to) (fill suitable preposition)