| Idx | 0135 |
|---|---|
| Keyword | aid |
| Type of Sentence | ✗ |
| Error Sentence | Education can aid us to understand our world. |
| Correct Sentence | Education can help us to understand our world. |
| Cloze Error Sentence | Education can [[aid]] us to understand our world. |
| Cloze Sentence | Education can [[help]] us to understand our world. |
| Cloze Answer | help |
| Choices | aid | help |
| Explanation | Aid is mainly used as a noun: 'Many countries survive on foreign aid from richer neighbours.' 'It is government policy to provide aid to the homeless or the unemployed.' As a verb, aid is used in formal styles and usually means 'help something recover, develop, grow, etc': 'The country's economic recovery has been aided by the recent peace agreement.' with the aid of sth (NOT by ): 'These bacteria cannot be seen without the aid of a microscope.' |
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