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Idiomatic and Phrasal Usage with Preposition
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Directions: This question presents a sentence, all or part of which is underlined. Beneath the sentence you will find five ways of phrasing the underlined part. The first of these repeats the original; the other four are different. If you think the original is best, choose the first answer; otherwise choose one of the others.
Of course, socialism was not congruent to communism but was essentially a divorced flow of the latter.
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Of course, socialism was not congruent with communism
💡 Explanation:
Explanation for (1): The sentence bears prepositional error. Something is congruent with and not to.
Justification for (2): This option rectifies the error of preposition by replacing 'to' by 'with'. Hence, it is the correct answer.
Explanation for (3): This option does not rectify the error of preposition.
Explanation for (4): This option compounds the error of preposition. Something is congruent with and not of.
Explanation for (5): This option compounds the error of preposition. Something is congruent with and not about.