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Maple Posted 19 years ago
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that or than?

0Families have also experienced changes with the last 25 years. More families consist of one-parent households or two working parents; consequently, children are likely to have less supervision at home00 01b01u00that02u02b00 was common in the traditional family structure. This lack of parental supervision is thought to be an influence on juvenile crime rates. 02br
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0 01blockquote 01cite 10Maple12cite 10Families have also experienced changes with the last 25 years. More families consist of one-parent households or two working parents; consequently, children are likely to have less supervision at home11font 10 11b 11u 10that12u 12b 12font 10 was common in the traditional family structure. This lack of parental supervision is thought to be an influence on juvenile crime rates.

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  • 0 01blockquote 01cite 10Maple12cite 10Families have also experienced changes with the last 25 years.
  • More families consist of one-parent households or two working parents; consequently, children are likely to have less supervision at home11font 10 11b 11u 10that12u 12b 12font 10 was common in the traditional family structure.
  • This lack of parental supervision is thought to be an influence on juvenile crime rates.
  • 12br 12br 11font 10It's from 12font 11a 11font 15010 12font 12a 12br 12br 10Which word is suitable in the highlighted place, 11i 10that 12i 10or 11i 10than, 12i 10and why?
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01cite10Maple12cite10Families have also experienced changes with the last 25 years. More families consist of one-parent households or two working parents; consequently, children are likely to have less supervision at home11font10 11b11u10that12u12b1
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00according to the exam, a is the only correct answer. But no satisfing explanation has been made by them.02br
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00IK, glad to see you're still so active here! Happy 2007! I miss all the members here, especially you and many other instructive teachers![C]0-
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10IK, glad to see you're still so active here! Happy 2007! I miss all the me
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