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Gain Job Impossible Money Earn Informal Styles Make

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Keyword gain
Type of Sentence
Error Sentence Without a job it's impossible to gain any money.
Correct Sentence Without a job it's impossible to earn any money.
Cloze Error Sentence Without a job it's impossible to [[gain]] any money.
Cloze Sentence Without a job it's impossible to [[earn]] any money.
Cloze Answer earn
Choices gain | earn
Explanation

earn or (especially in informal styles) get /make (a sum of) money by going to work, from investments, etc (NOT gain ): 'She earns $4,000 a month.'

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