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senay · Joined: 24 Oct 2005 Posts: 20

This question caused a conflict between me and friends. How woud you answer this question and why? In my opinion the anwswer is d) but some insist on answering it b)

....... the wake of the August 1991 Moscow coup, Turkmenistan voted to go independent, with Niyazov ........... charge

A) At/ of
B) On / with
C) For / as
D) In / ın
E) By / on
THANK YOU

Hayde · Joined: 23 Oct 2005 Posts: 177 Location: Icheon, Korea

I would never say B) I would always say D)

Canadian/American English
Don't know about British

Hayde · Joined: 23 Oct 2005 Posts: 177 Location: Icheon, Korea

Sorry forgot to add I don't know why, while I have heard
'On the wake of ... '
I have never heard
'with Niyazov with charge'

Kristea · Posted: Thu Nov 24, 2005 3:50 am Post subject:

I agree with the first responder. B is correct.

General test tip, for what it is worth. Usually on of the blanks has fewer "correct" answers, so I always tell my students to find the right answer (or the one that sounds right) for that blank first.

- Kristi
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doliver · Joined: 09 Oct 2005 Posts: 36

Senay asked for the appropriate prepositions for the following:

Nef · Joined: 27 Nov 2005 Posts: 187 Location: California, USA

Here's another vote for option D.

IN the wake of means "after" and IN charge means "having overall responsibility for" something.