Craft and StructureHardWord for offsetting a loss
Craft and Structure practice question
The loss of the Saturday market was partly ____ by the new farm shop, which took on three of the stallholders.
Which choice completes the text with the most logical and precise word or phrase?
- A. offsetCorrect
- B. caused
- C. predicted
- D. concealed
Answer: A. offset
The shop made up some of the loss: offset.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. caused
- The shop took stallholders in after the loss, not before.
- C. predicted
- Not about prediction.
- D. concealed
- The loss is not hidden.
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