Idx | 0101 |
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Keyword | again |
Sub Entry Number | 1 |
Type of Sentence | ✗ |
Error Sentence | It's time I gave you your photographs again. |
Correct Sentence | It's time I gave you your photographs back. |
Cloze Error Sentence | It's time I gave you your photographs [[again]]. |
Cloze Sentence | It's time I gave you your photographs [[back]]. |
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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