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Greatly Living Standards Improved Improved/Improved Enormously Verb Front

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Keyword greatly
Type of Sentence
Error Sentence Living standards have improved greatly.
Correct Sentence Living standards have greatly improved.
Living standards have improved enormously.
Cloze Error Sentence Living standards have [[improved greatly]].
Cloze Sentence Living standards have [[greatly improved/improved enormously]].
Cloze Answer greatly improved/improved enormously
Choices improved enormously | improved greatly | greatly improved
Explanation

Greatly is usually placed in front of a main verb, especially in passive structures: 'Your kind offer is greatly appreciated.' 'Stories of panic on Wall Street have been greatly exaggerated.'

To emphasize the meaning of an active verb, use enormously, tremendously or (in informal styles) a lot at the end of the clause: 'In the last forty years education in China has changed enormously.'

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