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Denied Accused Cheating Deny Forged Signature Transitive Verb

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Keyword deny
Sub Entry Number 3
Type of Sentence
Error Sentence She accused him of cheating but he denied.
Correct Sentence She accused him of cheating but he denied it.
Cloze Error Sentence She accused him of cheating but he [[denied]].
Cloze Sentence She accused him of cheating but he [[denied it]].
Cloze Answer denied it
Choices denied | denied it
Explanation

Deny is a transitive verb: 'He denied that he forged the signature.' 'He denied having forged the signature.' 'He denied it.'

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