Idx | 1079 |
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Keyword | extreme |
Type of Sentence | ✗ |
Error Sentence | Doctors have to keep up with all the extreme new medical developments. |
Correct Sentence | Doctors have to keep up with all the major new medical developments. |
Cloze Error Sentence | Doctors have to keep up with all the [[extreme]] new medical developments. |
Cloze Sentence | Doctors have to keep up with all the [[major]] new medical developments. |
Cloze Answer | major |
Choices | major | extreme |
Explanation | Extreme is mainly used to describe situations, behaviour, opinions and beliefs: 'extreme poverty', 'extreme caution', 'extreme views', 'extreme disappointment'. When you are talking about a change or development, use words such as great/major/important/considerable/dramatic: 'Without these major changes, the company would have collapsed.' |
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