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Hundreds Millions Stars Space Earth's Atmosphere German Astronaut

Idx 2499
Keyword space
Type of Sentence
Error Sentence There are hundreds of millions of stars in the space.
Correct Sentence There are hundreds of millions of stars in space.
Cloze Error Sentence There are hundreds of millions of stars in [[the]] space.
Cloze Sentence There are hundreds of millions of stars in [[ ]] space.
Cloze Answer _
Choices _ | the
Explanation

When you mean 'everything beyond the Earth's atmosphere', use space (WITHOUT the ): 'He was the first German astronaut to travel in space.'

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