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Back He'd Bicycle Finished Give Person Gave Place

Idx 0102
Keyword again
Sub Entry Number 1
Type of Sentence ?
Error Sentence He'd like to have his bicycle again if you've finished with it.
Correct Sentence He'd like to have his bicycle back if you've finished with it.
Cloze Error Sentence He'd like to have his bicycle [[again]] if you've finished with it.
Cloze Sentence He'd like to have his bicycle [[back]] if you've finished with it.
Cloze Answer back
Choices back | again
Explanation

If you give something to the person who gave it to you, you give it back to them. When you mean 'to the person who had it before', 'to the place where something was before' etc, use back (NOT again ): 'He took the camera back to the shop and asked for his money back.' 'Shall I put these books back on the shelf?'

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