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Middle Aged Sitting Man Forty Middle Age Adjective D

Idx 1796
Keyword middle age
Type of Sentence
Error Sentence Sitting next to me was a middle age man, probably about forty.
Correct Sentence Sitting next to me was a middle-aged man, probably about forty.
Cloze Error Sentence Sitting next to me was a [[middle age]] man, probably about forty.
Cloze Sentence Sitting next to me was a [[middle-aged]] man, probably about forty.
Cloze Answer middle-aged
Choices middle-aged | middle age
Explanation

The adjective is middle-aged (WITH -d ): 'They would prefer a middle-aged woman to a young girl.'

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