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Diction and Idiomatic Phrasal Usage (D)
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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.
For behalf of any of these causes she was ready from time to time to dash off an article at short notice or address an audience.
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In behalf of
💡 Explanation:
'On behalf of' is to represent a person. 'In behalf of' is to represent a cause. This option corrects the error of idiomatic usage.