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Voluntary Hospital Operate Work Helpers Adjective Noun Describes

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Keyword voluntary
Type of Sentence ✗
Error Sentence The hospital could not operate without voluntaries.
Correct Sentence The hospital could not operate without voluntary helpers.
Cloze Error Sentence The hospital could not operate without [[voluntaries]].
Cloze Sentence The hospital could not operate without [[voluntary helpers]].
Cloze Answer voluntary helpers
Choices voluntaries | voluntary helpers
Explanation

Voluntary is an adjective (NOT a noun). It describes someone who agrees to work without being paid, or work that is not paid: 'On Saturdays she does voluntary work at an old people's home.'

The noun is volunteer = someone who decides to do something when they are not forced to do it: 'I need three volunteers to help me move the piano.'

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