Sanction or Adoption?
No new investments or acquisitions will be made without the ------- of Kolsen Records' board of directors.
(A) event
(B) sanction
(C) adoption
(D) convenience
I learned that the correct answer is B.
However, when I looked up all the choices in dictionary, I also learned that C maybe an acceptable choice:
Adoption : https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/accept or https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/start to use something new (Cambridge dictionary).
I would appreciate if anyone explains it to me.
Top answer
(C) does not work. e. the new thing that someone accepts or starts to use), not that X does the adopting.
- (C) does not work.
- e.
- the new thing that someone accepts or starts to use), not that X does the adopting.
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(C) does not work. The phrase "the adoption of X" means that X is the thing adopted (i.e. the new thing that someone accepts or starts to use), not that X does the adopting.
0When you say 'the adoption of the board of directors', it sounds like the members of the board are orphans who need to be taken in by a nice family.
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