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Anonymous Posted 13 years ago
Grammar

Correction or correctly

The government issued a warning to local companies that all waste must be disposed of ................. of they will face heavy fines.
a) corrects
b) correcting
c) correction
d) correctly

Which one is correct? and why?
  

Top answer

Assuming that you meant: "The government issued a warning to local companies that all waste must be disposed of ................. or they will face heavy fines" , the right answer is "correctly". It's a adverb of mode, indicating the way how you dispose the waste of.

— MrGuedes

  • Assuming that you meant: "The government issued a warning to local companies that all waste must be disposed of .................
  • or they will face heavy fines" , the right answer is "correctly".
  • It's a adverb of mode, indicating the way how you dispose the waste of.
  • But, just to make the sentence slightly better (and maybe also to help you understand it better), I would also add a comma before the "or".
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Assuming that you meant: "The government issued a warning to local companies that all waste must be disposed of ................. or they will face heavy fines", the right answer is "correctly". It's a adverb of mode, indicating the way how you dispose the waste of. But, just to make the sentence slightly better (and maybe also to help you understa
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AnonymousWhich one is correct?
First, what do you think? (Hint: the missing word modifies the phrasal verb disposed of.)

The government issued a warning to local companies that all waste must be disposed of _____ or they will face heavy fines.
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