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theo

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The italicized words in which of the following sentences is a correctly used idiomatic preposition?
 
  A. Mary is angryat her mother for not waiting for her.
  B. Laura agreesto her family's decision to move to another city.
  C. There is a huge discrepancy amongthe population statistics of Houston, Dallas, and SanAntonio.
 D. It was hard for Harry to partwith his Captain Marvel's action figure.

Question 2

The part of speech that connects a noun or a pronoun to the rest of the sentence is a(n):
 
  A. adverb.
  B. verb.
  C. adjective.
  D. preposition.


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JaynaD87

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Reply #1 on: Jun 23, 2018
Answer to Question 1

D
The italicized words in the sentence It was hard for Harry to partwith his Captain Marvel's
action figure. is a correctly used idiomatic preposition. Part with is generally used when the
object is not a person.

Answer to Question 2

D
The part of speech that connects a noun or a pronoun to the rest of the sentence is a
preposition. The noun or pronoun that follows the preposition in a phrase is the object of the
preposition.


theo

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Reply 2 on: Jun 23, 2018
Excellent

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Thanks for the timely response, appreciate it

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