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Mamger Posted 19 years ago
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A prep question (from sometime through some time)

0 01b00The Hollywood studio system in film making, which began ---- 1920 and flourished from the early 1930s ---- the 1950s is unique in Western culture.02br
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00A) throughout / into02br
00B) around / through02br
00C) by / until02br
00D) within / over02br
00E) along/ till02br
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00The question is taken from an official proficiency test, known as KPDS. Which option looks better, B or C? Is it common to use "from...through..." instead of "from...to..."?02br
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00Thank you very much in advance.0-
  

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12br 12b 12br 12br 12br 10A) throughout / into12br 10B) around / through12br 10C) by / until12br 10D) within / over12br 10E) along/ till12br 12br 12br 10The question is taken from an official proficiency test, known as KPDS. Which option looks better, B or C? 12br 12blockquote 11b 01font 00I would choose B).

  • 12br 12b 12br 12br 12br 10A) throughout / into12br 10B) around / through12br 10C) by / until12br 10D) within / over12br 10E) along/ till12br 12br 12br 10The question is taken from an official proficiency test, known as KPDS.
  • Which option looks better, B or C?
  • 12br 12blockquote 11b 01font 00I would choose B).
  • 02font 02b 00 0-
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01cite10Mamger12cite11b10The Hollywood studio system in film making, which began ---- 1920 and flourished from the early 1930s ---- the 1950s is unique in Western culture.12br
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10A) throughout / into12br
10B) around / through12br
10C) by / until1
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0B) would work for American English. British English would use 'around' for the first blank, and then 'to'/'until'/'up to' for the second.02br
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00On reflection, I think I would go for C).0-
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0Given the choices, I would select 01b01font00B02font02b00 as the most suitable answer. 00 01font00C02font00 –on the other hand doesn’t work too well with this context.02br
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00You must get here at my house 01b01font00by02font
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0 Thank you very much to all of you; the explanations were exactly to the point and gave some bonuses on the usage differences between BrE and AmE . 0-

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