Recently I've got this question in my English exam:
The doctors didn't think it .........that
she would ever heal completely.
Choices were :
a) obviously
b) apparently
c) probably
d) likely
Can anyone please tell me which one is correct and why?and is this question even grammatically correct?
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The sentence is grammatically correct.Yaman wrote: ↑Sun Feb 07, 2021 7:49 pm Recently I've got this question in my English exam:
The doctors didn't think it .........that
she would ever heal completely.
Choices were :
a) obviously
b) apparently
c) probably
d) likely
Can anyone please tell me which one is correct and why?and is this question even grammatically correct?
The answer is d) likely.
An adjective is needed and all the other choices are adverbs.
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Just to add to that, the adjective form 'probable' would be fine, but as Joe pointed out, ''probably' is an adverb and the sentence would be:
'The doctors thought that she would probably never heal properly.'
'The doctors thought that she would probably never heal properly.'
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I agree with comment number two!
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Joe is right
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The Joe is right The doctors didn't think it .........that. Here the option d) likely is fit perfectly.
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I am Agree with the option (C) Probably.Yaman wrote: ↑Sun Feb 07, 2021 7:49 pm Recently I've got this question in my English exam:
The doctors didn't think it .........that
she would ever heal completely.
Choices were :
a) obviously
b) apparently
c) probably
d) likely
Can anyone please tell me which one is correct and why?and is this question even grammatically correct?
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Sorry jessijessicamicheal wrote: ↑Mon Jan 24, 2022 7:30 amI am Agree with the option (C) Probably.Yaman wrote: ↑Sun Feb 07, 2021 7:49 pm Recently I've got this question in my English exam:
The doctors didn't think it .........that
she would ever heal completely.
Choices were :
a) obviously
b) apparently
c) probably
d) likely
Can anyone please tell me which one is correct and why?and is this question even grammatically correct?
C) probably is not possible
It could be probable, but that is not one of the four options
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