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Day Students Almost/Nearly All/Every/Everyone Office Cold Recently Compare

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Keyword mostly
Type of Sentence
Error Sentence We see each other mostly every day.
Correct Sentence We see each other almost every day.
Cloze Error Sentence We see each other [[mostly]] every day.
Cloze Sentence We see each other [[almost]] every day.
Cloze Answer almost
Choices mostly | almost
Explanation

Use almost/nearly with all/every/everyone etc (NOT mostly ): 'Almost everyone in the office has had a cold recently.'

Compare: 'The students here are mostly Swiss or German.' (= most of the students here ... )

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