Idx | 1827 |
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Keyword | more |
Sub Entry Number | 3 |
Type of Sentence | ✗ |
Error Sentence | Some women more or less are forced to work nowadays. |
Correct Sentence | Some women are more or less forced to work nowadays. |
Cloze Error Sentence | Some women [[more or less are]] forced to work nowadays. |
Cloze Sentence | Some women [[are more or less]] forced to work nowadays. |
Cloze Answer | are more or less |
Choices | are more or less | more or less are |
Explanation | More or less is usually placed immediately in front of the word or phrase that it modifies: 'The two words have more or less the same meaning.' 'My wife and I met each other more or less by accident.' 'That's more or less everything you need to know.' In everyday conversation more or less also comes at the end of a sentence: 'I guess that's everything you need to know, more or less.' |
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