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Articles, prepositions and conjunctions frequently encode distinctions that cannot be determined by translating isolated words.

Judge the statements below as True (T) or False (F).
(__) In "The children go to school every morning", zero article before school can indicate participation in its institutional function rather than reference to a particular building.
(__) In "The parents went to the school to meet the principal", the definite article is necessarily incorrect because institutional nouns cannot be preceded by the.
(__) The expression despite the delay is standard, whereas despite of the delay is not the usual standard construction.
(__) In standard written English, although can introduce a concessive clause without requiring but to connect the following main clause.

The CORRECT sequence, from top to bottom, is:
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Consider the following excerpts:

"not because we are spendthrifts, but because some debt [...] has been forced upon us"

"those who do well for themselves"

"where businesses have a compliant and stable [...] workforce"

Select the CORRECT alternative.

Choose the CORRECT affirmation about the sentence below:

Pedro is selling home insurance and he wants our help to spread the word.

Read the following dialogue.

Caio: Have you seen Joana lately?

Ramon: I hadn’t, but I heard she borrowed some money from the bank.

Caio: But what about her inheritance?

Ramon: Word has it she frittered all away.

Caio: That’s crazy!

Ramon: Yeah, I know.


Based on this dialogue, analyze the assertions below.


I. In “she frittered all away”, Ramon intends to say that Joana squandered all her inheritance.

II. Ramon correctly uses auxiliary verbs in his first and last lines.

III. “Lately” is a time adverb in Caio’s fist line.


The CORRECT assertion(s) is(are):

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Analyze the excerpts below.

I. “… or to take care of oneself” [Reflexive pronoun].
II. “In 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic …” [Preposition].
III. “… with a glaring loophole that allows…” [Superlative adverb].
IV. “…and professional lives differently to manage burnout” [Phrasal verb].

The information in brackets correctly describes the underlined word/expression in the excerpt(s):