Identify the word or phrase that needs to be changed for the sentence to be correct.This long experience of European domination has naturally produced a mood of quite resistance.
Correct answer: D. Quite
- A. This
- B. Long
- C. European
- D. Quite
Explanation
Over here quite is wrongly used as the other homophone (quiet) was the intended word. Meaning the resistance is very quietly developing in secret. Quite is an adverb used to describe when something is a little or a lot but not completely. Quiet is an adjective used to describe something or someone that makes very little noise.
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