Idx | 0887 |
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Keyword | doubt |
Sub Entry Number | 2 |
Type of Sentence | ✗ |
Error Sentence | That is why we still doubt about beings existing in outer space. |
Correct Sentence | That is why we still have doubts about beings existing in outer space. |
Cloze Error Sentence | That is why we still [[doubt]] about beings existing in outer space. |
Cloze Sentence | That is why we still [[have doubts]] about beings existing in outer space. |
Cloze Answer | have doubts |
Choices | doubt | have doubts |
Explanation | have (your) doubts about (doing ) sth = feel unsure whether something is true or the right thing to do: 'We have our doubts about sending Kevin to a boarding school.' 'Any doubts she'd had about marrying him soon disappeared.' there is no doubt that (NOT it is ... ): 'There is no doubt that the number of casualties would have escalated had it not been for UN intervention.' |
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