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Agree Disagree I Heart Transplants Stopped Subject Person

Idx 0854
Keyword disagree
Sub Entry Number 4
Type of Sentence ?
Error Sentence I disagree that heart transplants should be stopped.
Correct Sentence I don't agree that heart transplants should be stopped.
Cloze Error Sentence I [[disagree]] that heart transplants should be stopped.
Cloze Sentence I [[don't agree]] that heart transplants should be stopped.
Cloze Answer don't agree
Choices disagree | don't agree
Explanation

When the subject is a particular person, use not agree to introduce a that clause: 'I don't agree that the people there are repressed.' 'She cannot agree that farmers should be an exception.'

In more general statements, disagree is usually used with not, nobody etc before a that clause, to give an affirmative meaning; 'No one can disagree that these crimes must be stopped.' (=everyone must agree that ...) 'Few would disagree that she has served her country well.' (=most would agree that ...)

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