Exercise 2: Usage For each of the following passages, select the correct word or

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Exercise 2: Usage For each of the following passages, select the correct word or phrase from the choices within the parentheses. Be ready to expliain the irationale for your cholce 1. John (implied, inferred) tn hla report that TrAm Ol shoald reject the bid. 2. Before leaving oa vaction, the company president left Inteructions forthe maer in which resposibilatie should be split (among, between) the three vice presidents. 3. Harold became (ltereted, disinterasted) in the sccounting problem sher working on it for 18 straight hour A lurge(pernt, ntge)ers ted with the revtsnd work chede 5. The typlet reponded that be would make (le fewer aroe if the partnier would spel words corretly in the drat. 6. Hom her readingoftheannual report, Ms. Joo"-med, inpledét theo might-taperations. 7. The predert's dedl il d,ie) by che maoavenations he s hartag with employees about scheduling difficultsies . Hl (r prindple) cocerm was thet the loan's interest and (proctple, peibdpal) remain under $s00. 9. Throughout the dayconcentrat n was intempted (coetaaly, cetaal) by phone all 10. He jogged (continuously,continalily) for 20 mioutes 11: he thousand books (compose, coaprae) ha personal library. " 12. The clients (who, whom) he considered most Important received Christmas gifts from the company 13. The company decided to expand (its,operations in the hopedutats, trae right time to do so. 14. The (onlarmmable, Bammable, lnmmableuis were kepts eparate room beause of chetr danger 15. They walted for (awhbile, a while) before aling the iubcontractor.h 16. Ceution should be taken to (ensure, Insire) thet the larm ystem will bot go off acdidentally 17. The new floors (are comprised of, are cotmposed of, comprise) atick conarete miacture 18. He (apects, andldpate)that 15 mew employees weil be hired this y 19. Tbe matn offe offered to (eugrment, rupplement) the anmual operating bodget of the BostomBce with an ad- itional $100,000 in funds, 20, lt wi (ltogether, altogether) to lete to make changes in the propoal 21. The arbitrator made sure that both partia (agreed to, agreed wthe terms aad gaditios ofthe contract be. fore it was submitted to the board 22 Option 1 alla for complete removal of the abertos.(Alternatel, Ahernatively),Opton 2 would require only that the asbestos material be thoroughly covered 23. They had not considered the (amount, aurler)ofcement bloda Deeded frthenew addition, 24. (Due to, Beause of) the change in weather, they had to reschedule the torip to the project site. 25.The health inspector found (too, to) many violations in thatme, (to, too). 26. 4 . . They daime d that the old equipment(used, ulized) too mnfoel. 27. Gone ure thedays when . majorcontraction get, startnd wiihodake and (avertal, an oral) agreement. 28·The complex project bas 18 (dis reet, ds rete) Phases; cach part deal' with ceddetilaf rmation that must be handled (dacretely,dacreety)- 9. He ws (definldive, definite) about the fuct that he would sot be sble to complete the proposal by nexct 30, He u ually received (complementary, complimentary) samples iom ka-suppliers. 31. To (lose, locse) a dient for whom they had worked so hard was devastating 32. it was (Cfortunate, fortultous) he was there at the exact moment the customer needed to order a year's worth of supplies, for the smles commuistion was hage 33, Among all the information on the graph, he located the one (dat, datum) that shows the price of tuna on the Seattle market at 5 p.m.an Augut 7 4. Each (prindiple/ prindipah) of the corporation was required to buy stock 35. He returned to the office to (assure, ensure) that the safe was locked

Explanation / Answer

1. Implied

It means he is insisting rather than deciding. In this situation john is just suggesting so we use implied.

2. between

Here instructions are shared with 3 Vice Precidents so we mut use between only.

3. disinterested

Because he tried it for 18 hours, after trail he got disinterest. uninterested means doesn't have interest at all which is not right for this situation.

4. Percentage

5. Fewer

6. Implied

7. Effected

8. Principle and Principal

9. continually

10. Continuously

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