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Money Sale Selling Make Vegetables Refer Act Drugs

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Keyword selling
Sub Entry Number 1
Type of Sentence
Error Sentence They make all their money from the selling of vegetables.
Correct Sentence They make all their money from the sale of vegetables.
Cloze Error Sentence They make all their money from the [[selling]] of vegetables.
Cloze Sentence They make all their money from the [[sale]] of vegetables.
Cloze Answer sale
Choices selling | sale
Explanation

To refer to the act of selling something, use the sale of: 'The money that comes from the sale of these drugs is used to buy weapons.'

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