Question

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Choose the series of prepositions that best completes the following sentence.

Pete is addicted _______ gambling. His wife insists that he quit, but he doesn't care _______ her opinion.

with, for
to, to
on, with
to, about

Answer 1

Answer:

to,about is the correct answer

Answer 2

Here, we have to fill in the blanks with the givens set of prepositions. The complete sentence will be, 'Pete is addicted to gambling. His wife insists that he quit, but he doesn't care about her opinion. Thus, the correct option is option 4, 'to, about'.

• A preposition is a word or group of words used before a noun, pronoun, or noun phrase to show direction, time, place, location, spatial relationships, or to introduce an object.
• Examples of prepositions include to, about, over, under, in, etc.
• Here, the first blank will be filled with the preposition 'to', when succeeding addicted, 'addicted to' forms a phrase that fits here perfectly.
• It means being physically and mentally dependent on a particular substance or activity. Here, gambling.
• The second blank will be filled with the preposition 'about'.
• 'About' means on the subject of; concerning. Here, the preposition is concerning Pete's Wife. Thus, it perfectly fits the sentence.
• Thus, the answer to this question will be option 4, 'to, about'.
• The complete sentence will be, 'Pete is addicted to gambling. His wife insists that he quit, but he doesn't care about her opinion.

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