Craft and StructureMediumWord for a slow gradual disappearance
Craft and Structure practice question
The dialect did not vanish overnight; it ____ over three generations, as each cohort of children used a few fewer of its words than their parents had.
Which choice completes the text with the most logical and precise word or phrase?
- A. dwindledCorrect
- B. flourished
- C. erupted
- D. stabilised
Answer: A. dwindled
Fewer words each generation: a gradual decline.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. flourished
- The opposite.
- C. erupted
- Eruption is sudden and the sentence denies suddenness.
- D. stabilised
- It changed, so it did not stabilise.
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