Multiple choice

Directions: Fill in the blanks with detecting errors and with right grammar.

Most men live to the age of three _________ and ten.

  1. score

  2. scores

  3. scored

  4. scoring
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Explanation

The phrase 'three score and ten' is a fixed idiomatic expression from the Bible meaning 70 years (score = 20, so 3×20+10 = 70). This expression is never written as 'scores' - it's a set phrase that preserves the archaic singular form 'score'.

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