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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?

  1. A. a dead letterCorrect
  2. B. strictly kept
  3. C. newly introduced
  4. 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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