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Wars Simple Develops Suddenly Loud Bang Lights Accidents

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Keyword appear
Sub Entry Number 1
Type of Sentence
Error Sentence We don't want any more wars to appear.
Correct Sentence We don't want there to be any more wars.
Cloze Error Sentence We don't want [[any more wars to appear]].
Cloze Sentence We don't want [[there to be any more wars]].
Cloze Answer there to be any more wars
Choices any more wars to appear | there to be any more wars
Explanation

A simple way of saying that something happens or develops is to use there + be: 'Suddenly, there was a loud bang and all the lights went out.' 'There have been several serious accidents along this stretch of the road.' 'This time I don't want there to be any mistakes.'

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