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Keyword originate
Sub Entry Number 1
Type of Sentence
Error Sentence One of our teachers originates from Scotland.
Correct Sentence One of our teachers comes from Scotland.
Cloze Error Sentence One of our teachers [[originates]] from Scotland.
Cloze Sentence One of our teachers [[comes]] from Scotland.
Cloze Answer comes
Choices comes | originates
Explanation

Originate is used in connection with things, ideas, customs etc (NOT people): 'No one really knows how the solar system originated.'

If you are born in and/or grow up in a particular place, town, country etc, you come from that place: 'Where does Agneta come from - Sweden or Norway?'

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