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Anonymous Posted 10 years ago
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The Director of Marketing is __________ we will spread ourselves too thin by expanding into the European market. (A) sure what (B) sure that (C) happy that (D) sure which

The Director of Marketing is ________ we will spread ourselves too thin by expanding into the European market.

(A) sure what

(B) sure that

(C) happy that

(D) sure which
  

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(A) and (D) create ungrammatical structures. (C) is grammatical, but creates a semantic clash with "spread ... too thin", which is not a cause for happiness but a sign of danger.

— CalifJim

  • (A) and (D) create ungrammatical structures.
  • (C) is grammatical, but creates a semantic clash with "spread ...
  • too thin", which is not a cause for happiness but a sign of danger.
  • ) Only (B) works.
  • CJ
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(A) and (D) create ungrammatical structures.
(C) is grammatical, but creates a semantic clash with "spread ... too thin", which is not a cause for happiness but a sign of danger. (Thus, "afraid that" would work.)
Only (B) works.

CJ
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The Director of Marketing is sure that we will spread ourselves too thin by expanding into the European market.

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