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Pleasure Great Mayor Town Introduce Sb Sth Today's

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Keyword pleasure
Sub Entry Number 1
Type of Sentence
Error Sentence As mayor of this town, it gives me a great pleasure to welcome you.
Correct Sentence As mayor of this town, it gives me great pleasure to welcome you.
Cloze Error Sentence As mayor of this town, it gives me [[a]] great pleasure to welcome you.
Cloze Sentence As mayor of this town, it gives me [[ ]] great pleasure to welcome you.
Cloze Answer _
Choices _ | a
Explanation

it gives sb great pleasure to do sth (WITHOUT a ): 'It gives me great pleasure to introduce today's guest speaker.'

Compare: 'It is a great pleasure for me to introduce ...'

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