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Xstephenx Posted 17 years ago
Grammar

"written off"

The car was completely ___ and the driver seriously injured.
A broken off
B taken off
C written off
D picked up

C is my answer, but the answer sheet says it's A
which one is right?
  

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I would agree that "written off" would mean it was a total wreck with nothing able to be recovered. For the car to be "broken off" it would need to be broken off of something and that doesn't make sense.

— BarbaraPA

  • I would agree that "written off" would mean it was a total wreck with nothing able to be recovered.
  • For the car to be "broken off" it would need to be broken off of something and that doesn't make sense.
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I would agree that "written off" would mean it was a total wreck with nothing able to be recovered.

For the car to be "broken off" it would need to be broken off of something and that doesn't make sense.
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