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Question 22

Choose the grammatically complete polite request: ___ the folding screen for the afternoon class?

  1. Could borrowing
  2. Could we to borrow
  3. Could we borrowing
  4. Could we borrowCorrect answer

Explanation

Could we borrow is complete because a permission question places the subject after the modal and uses the bare verb borrow. Could we to borrow is the closest malformed alternative: the infinitive marker to cannot stand between could and borrow; the other distractors also omit or misuse the required structure.

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