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Jewellery Bought Ring Jeweller's Bracelets Necklaces Watches Stolen

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Keyword jewellery
Sub Entry Number 1
Type of Sentence
Error Sentence She had bought the ring at a jewellery.
Correct Sentence She had bought the ring at a jeweller's.
Cloze Error Sentence She had bought the ring at a [[jewellery]].
Cloze Sentence She had bought the ring at a [[jeweller's]].
Cloze Answer jeweller's
Choices jeweller's | jewellery
Explanation

jewellery = rings, bracelets, necklaces, watches, etc: 'The stolen jewellery has never been recovered.'

jeweller's = a shop which sells and repairs jewellery: 'I took the watch to my local jeweller's but they said it couldn't be repaired.'

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