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Women Forced Work Nowadays Immediately Front Word Phrase

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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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