Select the sentence in which the preposition is used correctly.
The committee deliberated on the proposal for three hours.
The verb "deliberate," meaning to discuss or consider carefully, conventionally takes the preposition "on" (or "upon") before its object.
"The committee deliberated on the proposal for three hours" correctly uses the standard collocation "deliberated on."
"Deliberated at," "deliberated over to," and "deliberated about on" are not standard English collocations with this verb, the latter two also wrongly stacking two prepositions together.
Therefore, "The committee deliberated on the proposal for three hours" is correct.
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