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The state of Maine, in the extreme northeast corner of the continental United States, shares land borders with two Canadian provinces, Quebec and New Brunswick, but only is adjacent with one state, New Hampshire (A) only is adjacent with one (B) is adjacent only with one (C) is adjacent to only one other (D) only is adjacent to one (E) is only adjacent to one other
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This is test of the placement of the limiting adverb only. An adverb normally modifies what is after it. In this case, the gist is that although Maine, borders with two Canadian provinces, is adjacent to only one US state, namely New Hampshire, the adverb limiting the scope to just one other state . So the expression should be ‘is adjacent to only one other” as in C. All other placements of ‘only’ lead to distorted meaning
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mikemcgarry wrote:
[color=#0000ff]The state of Maine, in the extreme northeast corner of the continental United States, shares land borders with two Canadian provinces, Quebec and New Brunswick, but only is adjacent with one state, New Hampshire.
The correct idiom is "adjacent to sh". "Only" (adverb here) will modify the closest word.
(A) only is adjacent with one "Only" is misplaced. Wrong idiom. (B) is adjacent only with one Wrong idiom. (C) is adjacent to only one other Correct. (D) only is adjacent to one "Only" is misplaced. (E) is only adjacent to one other "Only" is misplaced.
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tuanquang269 wrote:
The state of Maine, in the extreme northeast corner of the continental United States, shares land borders with two Canadian provinces, Quebec and New Brunswick, but only is adjacent with one state, New Hampshire.
(A) only is adjacent with one
(B) is adjacent only with one
(C) is adjacent to only one other
(D) only is adjacent to one
(E) is only adjacent to one other
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The state of Maine, in the extreme northeast corner of the continental United States, shares land borders with two Canadian provinces, Quebec and New Brunswick, but only is adjacent with one state, New Hampshire (A) only is adjacent with one Idiom error (adjacent to) (B) is adjacent only with one Idiom error (adjacent to) (C) is adjacent to only one other correct (D) only is adjacent to one changes meaning (E) is only adjacent to one other changes meaning _________________
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The state of Maine, in the extreme northeast corner of the continental United States, shares land borders with two Canadian provinces, Quebec and New Brunswick, but only is adjacent with one state, New Hampshire
(C) is adjacent to only one other Correct 'adjacent only'
(E) is only adjacent to one other - adjacent only is right
I have a question with regards to the phrasing 'to only' vs 'only to' . What if C was 'adjacent only to one other' (rather than to only one another) - would that be correct as well? If yes I understand that any preposition (adjacent/ near/ around should be followed by 'ly' formation).
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