| Idx | 2013 |
|---|---|
| Keyword | opposite |
| Sub Entry Number | 1 |
| Type of Sentence | ✗ |
| Error Sentence | The Americans I met were opposite to what I had imagined. |
| Correct Sentence | The Americans I met were very different from what I had imagined. |
| Cloze Error Sentence | The Americans I met were [[opposite to]] what I had imagined. |
| Cloze Sentence | The Americans I met were [[very different from]] what I had imagined. |
| Cloze Answer | very different from |
| Choices | opposite to | very different from |
| Explanation | Use opposite and the opposite of only when you mean that two things are as different as it is possible to be: 'I thought that the medicine would make him sleepy, but it had the opposite effect.' 'The opposite of long is short.' 'The two men went off in opposite directions.' (= one went to the left and one to the right) To describe people's opinions, life styles, ways of thinking etc, the usual word is different: 'These two schools of thought are completely different.' |
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