Analyzing and Interpreting Literature / Unit 3 AIL 0239 short lesson, about 20 seconds
A Word You Cannot Place
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The idea
If no option reads well, work from the clause's requirement instead. Ask what kind of thing the sentence needs there, then take the option nearest that requirement. An answer reasoned from the grammar beats a guess, and this question type always leaves the grammar available.
In practice
Reason from what the clause needs.
Where people slip
The grammar is evidence when the word is not.
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