Standard form and basic solutions

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Is it possible that for a general linear program none of the optimal solutions have to be basic? Meanwhile, for a program in standard form an optimal solution has be basic. If so, why ?

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For $$\min_{x \geq 0} \{ x : x \leq 1\}$$ the only basic feasible solution is $x=1$, which is not optimal.