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Body Flown Back Home Burial Dead Clear Context

Idx 0477
Keyword body
Type of Sentence ?
Error Sentence His dead body was flown back home for burial.
Correct Sentence His body was flown back home for burial.
Cloze Error Sentence His [[dead]] body was flown back home for burial.
Cloze Sentence His [[ ]] body was flown back home for burial.
Cloze Answer _
Choices dead | _
Explanation

When it is clear from the context that the person referred to is dead, use body (WITHOUT dead ): 'The police found his body floating in the river.'

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