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Jigneshbharati Posted 9 years ago
Grammar

Fill in the gap vs fill in these gaps

In question papers, we see this all the time:

Fill in the gap.

can we say ?

Fill in these gaps

  

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Fill in these gaps You could, but it is not the native choice. You could make 'gap' plural in the original, though.

  • Fill in these gaps You could, but it is not the native choice.
  • You could make 'gap' plural in the original, though.
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Jigneshbharatican we say ?Fill in these gaps

You could, but it is not the native choice. You could make 'gap' plural in the original, though.

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In American English, the instructions always say this: "Fill in the blanks."
There is always more than one blank on a test!

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