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Hello, could you please check whether the sentences below are correct. Inside the paranthesis I wrote the word that I want to use in the sentence. If I am using it wrong, will you please use it in a correct way. Thanks.

1-(Incorrigible)- He never thought about a single student as being incorrigible, hence he was a very patient and successful student.

2-(want/lack of trying)- He wasn't sad about losing the competition since he knew that it wasn't from a lack of trying.

3-(flagging)- The bribe and corruption culminated in a flagging government, which had been very successfull of its time before such things, and eventually led the government's downfall.

4-(inimical)- Scientists are seeking a cure for the new inimical disease.

5-(subsidy)- He was excessively generous, donating subsidies without the fear of becoming poor.

6-(moot)- He was obsesive and anxious, worrying about the moot possibilities of the smallest risk.

7-(philistine)- You shouldn't take seriously the comments of people who are philistine about your art.

8-(umbridge)- He took umbridge of receiving such a contemptous comment.

9-(crepuscular)- The crepuscular city reminded me of a horror film and I shivered.

10-(adumbrate)- He adumbrated all the possibilities of getting caught by the enemy.

Anonymous · Accepted Answer

1. He was an incorrigible student and had to be expelled. (In US English, "incorrigible" is usually used in a negative sense.)

2. This is okay. ("Want of trying" is correct but sounds a little formal and old-fashioned.)

3. The public's interest in the company's chief product was flagging and his ad agency was hired to revitalize it. ("Flagging" is typically used today in connection with interest or enthusiasm.)

4. His views and methods were inimical to the old-timers in the company and they did everything they could to thwart him. ("Inimical" is typically used in the phrase "be inimical to...")

5. His company was helped by a government subsidy. ("Subsidies" are provided by the government.)

6. He had dropped out of school, so the question as to whether or not to expel him was moot. (This is the way "moot" is used today, in the sense of "purely academic" or "without practical significance.")

7. These people are philistines, who have no appreciation or understanding of art. ("Philistine" is difficult to use as an adjective.)

8. He took umbrage at your remarks. ("Umbrage" is typically used in the phrase "take umbrage at...")

9. This is okay.

10. This is apparently okay. ("Adumbrate" is almost never heard today. I'm a native English speaker in the US, and this is the first time in my life that I've seen it.)

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