Select the option that can replace the underlined phrase and make the sentence grammatically correct.
I don’t trust my friend because he has not and can never be trusted because of his deeds.
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Correct answer: B
Explanation
The correct answer is option 2 i.e. has not been and can never be.
The phrase needs to be grammatically correct and parallel in structure.
'Has not been' is the correct perfect tense negative form to match 'can never be.'
Both parts talk about trust in the same tense pattern: present perfect ('has not been') and modal verb + base verb ('can never be').
Option 1 is incorrect because 'has been not' is not proper word order.
Option 3 uses 'has not' without 'been,' which is incomplete for this context.
Option 4 uses 'has not be,' which is grammatically incorrect.