alleryCentral determiners such as the, a and some are mutually ____.
- additive
- repeatable
- optional
- exclusive
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Correct answer: D. exclusive
Central determiners cannot be stacked, so the some boys is ungrammatical.
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Central determiners such as the, a and some are mutually ____.Read the answer and worked solution →There is some person on the porch implies that the person's identity is ____ to the speaker.Read the answer and worked solution →She bought ____ MP3 player and a HEPA filter.Read the answer and worked solution →The shop sells ____ HEPA filter for dust.Read the answer and worked solution →He lost money on ____ one-armed bandit and left after an hour.Read the answer and worked solution →She waited for ____ hour because the h in hour is silent.Read the answer and worked solution →What was once "an ewt" through juncture loss is now called a ____.Read the answer and worked solution →In Middle English, the sound spelled th was written with the letter ____.Read the answer and worked solution →The old spelling in Ye Olde Curiosity Shoppe preserves the word ____.Read the answer and worked solution →The word the accounts for about ____ of all words used in English.Read the answer and worked solution →Of the two forms of the indefinite article, the older one is ____.Read the answer and worked solution →When stressed, the article a is pronounced so that it rhymes with ____.Read the answer and worked solution →Smoking is banned here, but you ____ smoke behind the bicycle shed.Read the answer and worked solution →He did the Ironman in under seven hours? That ____ be true.Read the answer and worked solution →"Can't you be quiet?" sounds ____.Read the answer and worked solution →Between "Can you pass the cheese?" and "Could you pass the cheese?", ____ is more polite.Read the answer and worked solution →"Might I use your phone?" is more hesitant than "____ I use your phone?"Read the answer and worked solution →He ____ be taller than me, but he's certainly not stronger.Read the answer and worked solution →____ you live long and happy! is an optative use of this modal.Read the answer and worked solution →Those convicted of violating this law ____ be imprisoned for three years.Read the answer and worked solution →____ I read now? is a request for advice or confirmation of a suggestion.Read the answer and worked solution →____ you meet her, please give her this.Read the answer and worked solution →You ____ never lie, which describes a social or ethical norm.Read the answer and worked solution →The negative inflections of shall and should are ____ and shouldn't.Read the answer and worked solution →I knew I ____ graduate two years later.Read the answer and worked solution →Back then, I ____ eat early and walk to school.Read the answer and worked solution →She ____ rather go herself than send someone else.Read the answer and worked solution →She ____ swim across the lake before breakfast.Read the answer and worked solution →It can ____ a surprise.Read the answer and worked solution →I will ____ able to drive if I take ten lessons.Read the answer and worked solution →
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There is some person on the porch implies that the person's identity is ____ to the speaker.
- familiar
- unknown
- obvious
- certain
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Correct answer: B. unknown
Singular countable some suggests the speaker does not know who the person is.
She bought ____ MP3 player and a HEPA filter.
- two
- several
- a
- an
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Correct answer: D. an
MP3 starts with the vowel sound em, so it takes an.
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