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Beloved Spends Time Children Literary Humorous Styles Regrets

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Keyword beloved
Type of Sentence
Error Sentence He spends as much time as he can with his beloved children.
Correct Sentence He spends as much time as he can with his children.
Cloze Error Sentence He spends as much time as he can with his [[beloved]] children.
Cloze Sentence He spends as much time as he can with his [[ ]] children.
Cloze Answer _
Choices beloved | _
Explanation

Beloved is used only in literary and humorous styles: 'There were many regrets in her life, but her beloved son was not one of them.' 'He wants to move closer to his beloved football team, Chester City.' It is particularly common on gravestones and old-fashioned birthday cards: 'To the memory of Alice Holt, beloved wife of Thomas Holt.'

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