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People Typically Places Die Hospices Hospital Asylum People's

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Keyword asylum
Type of Sentence ✗
Error Sentence Asylums are typically seen as places where people go to die.
Correct Sentence Hospices are typically seen as places where people go to die.
Cloze Error Sentence [[Asylums]] are typically seen as places where people go to die.
Cloze Sentence [[Hospices]] are typically seen as places where people go to die.
Cloze Answer Hospices
Choices Hospices | Asylums
Explanation

asylum = (old-fashioned) a hospital for the mentally ill, nowadays known as a psychiatric hospital

hospice = a special type of hospital for people who are dying

Note also the term old people's home = a place where old people go to live when they need someone to look after them: 'She'd rather stay in an old people's home than be a burden to her family.'

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