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Anonymous Posted 13 years ago
Vocabulary
Fill in the blank exercise
Dear users,
While working with English Grammar in Context by M. Vince I came across a gap filling exercise.
Most people would prefer it if cars made no noise at all (...) and nobody .... about the streets in cars with open windows and high mowered sound systems/
The key says that drove is correct in the gap after nobody. I was wondering whether other verbs could be used too. How about moved, rode, wandered, roamed, went? Do they fit the bill?
Best
Benji
While working with English Grammar in Context by M. Vince I came across a gap filling exercise.
Most people would prefer it if cars made no noise at all (...) and nobody .... about the streets in cars with open windows and high mowered sound systems/
The key says that drove is correct in the gap after nobody. I was wondering whether other verbs could be used too. How about moved, rode, wandered, roamed, went? Do they fit the bill?
Best
Benji
Top answer
I say "fill the bill". The alliteration is the only excuse for an inscrutable cliche. It has to be "drove".
- I say "fill the bill".
- The alliteration is the only excuse for an inscrutable cliche.
- It has to be "drove".
- The others make imperfect sense.
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I say "fill the bill". The alliteration is the only excuse for an inscrutable cliche.
It has to be "drove". The others make imperfect sense.
It has to be "drove". The others make imperfect sense.
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Thank you for giving an unequivocal answer.
I didn't know that "fill the bill" was a cliche so thank you for pointing that out to me.
I didn't know that "fill the bill" was a cliche so thank you for pointing that out to me.
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fivejedjon"... fit the bill" is fine in British English.I don't think it's a British-American difference.
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enoon fivejedjon"... fit the bill" is fine in British English.I don't think it's a British-American difference.Well, you appear to come from America, and you said that it had to be 'fill', so I assumed it must be a BrE/AmE difference.
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fivejedjon enoon fivejedjon"... fit the bill" is fine in British English.I don't think it's a British-American difference.Well, you appear to come from America, and you said that it had to be 'fill', so I assumed it must be a BrE/AmE difference.You see it both ways everywhere. It is my belief that "fill" is original, and "fit" crept in because it's about fitt
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