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Women Forced Work Nowadays Immediately Front Word Phrase

Idx 1827
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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