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Care Offend Offending Means Dog Careful Avoid Great

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Keyword care
Sub Entry Number 3
Type of Sentence
Error Sentence You'd better take care of not offending her.
Correct Sentence You'd better take care not to offend her.
Cloze Error Sentence You'd better take care [[of not offending]] her.
Cloze Sentence You'd better take care [[not to offend]] her.
Cloze Answer not to offend
Choices not to offend | of not offending
Explanation

Take care of means 'look after': 'Who's going to take care of the dog while you're away?'

When you mean 'be careful to avoid something', use take care not to or take care that you don't: 'He took great care not to let anyone know his intentions.'

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