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Question:: While Karen and Ian were sitting the post in the concrete, they were harassed by clouds of black flies.
Answer:: The answer correctly formed compound verb is not correct.
Explanation:: This sentence describes the action of placing the post in the concrete, and thus requires the transitive compound verb form were setting.