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People Typically Places Die Hospices Hospital Asylum People's

Idx 0341
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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