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Anduy Posted 19 years ago
Vocabulary

Allow

You should ____ at least three days for the journey.
A. expect B. permit C. accept D.allow

According to my book, I should use allow
Why can't I use expect?
  

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"Allow" is used here in the sense of giving the necessary time for something. g. "

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"Allow" is used here in the sense of giving the necessary time for something.
If you wanted to use "expect", the stucture of the sentence would need to be different, e.g. "You should expect the journey to take at least three days."

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