| Idx | 2533 |
|---|---|
| Keyword | statistic |
| Type of Sentence | ✗ |
| Error Sentence | This view is supported by statistic published in 1985. |
| Correct Sentence | This view is supported by statistics published in 1985. |
| Cloze Error Sentence | This view is supported by [[statistic]] published in 1985. |
| Cloze Sentence | This view is supported by [[statistics]] published in 1985. |
| Cloze Answer | statistics |
| Choices | statistics | statistic |
| Explanation | statistic (singular) refers to one piece of data: 'This terrible crime will soon become nothing more than a statistic in police records.' statistics (plural) refers to a set of data: 'Statistics show that the population has almost doubled in the last twenty years.' |
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