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MaXmOuSe Posted 21 years ago
Grammar

Why

4. Sebastien can drink ________ a gallon of beer in one sitting.
A. mostly
B. as much as
C. so much that
D. their

WHy the correct choice is b not a ?
  

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a) Sebastien can drink mostly a gallon of beer in one sitting. This is a very clumsy sentence. If I had to guess, I'd say that it meant that, on most occasions , Sebastien can drink a gallon of beer.

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a) Sebastien can drink mostly a gallon of beer in one sitting.


This is a very clumsy sentence. If I had to guess, I'd say that it meant that, on most occasions, Sebastien can drink a gallon of beer. If so, it would be better off written as follows:


Sebastien can, mostly, drink a gallon of beer in one sitting.


This is still clums