Craft and StructureHardWord for a rule that is not enforced
Craft and Structure practice question
The ban on cycling in the park is ____: no one has been fined in ten years, and cyclists ride past the sign every morning.
Which choice completes the text with the most logical and precise word or phrase?
- A. a dead letterCorrect
- B. strictly kept
- C. newly introduced
- D. widely resented
Answer: A. a dead letter
A rule that exists only on paper.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. strictly kept
- No one is fined.
- C. newly introduced
- Ten years old.
- D. widely resented
- Cyclists ignore it rather than resent it.
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