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Dust People Eventually Ill Breathing Smoke Uncountable Noun

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Keyword dust
Type of Sentence
Error Sentence People eventually get ill from breathing in all the dusts and smoke.
Correct Sentence People eventually get ill from breathing in all the dust and smoke.
Cloze Error Sentence People eventually get ill from breathing in all the [[dusts]] and smoke.
Cloze Sentence People eventually get ill from breathing in all the [[dust]] and smoke.
Cloze Answer dust
Choices dusts | dust
Explanation

Dust is an uncountable noun: 'The house hadn't been lived in for a long time and the furniture was covered in dust.'

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