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Question 4

Nora stopped smoking last year. Which sentence uses give up and places the pronoun correctly?

  1. Nora gave last year it up.
  2. Nora gave it up last year.Correct answer
  3. Nora gave up it last year.
  4. Nora gave it in last year.

Explanation

Giving up a habit means quitting it, and the pronoun belongs between gave and up. The form with the pronoun after up is tempting by analogy with a noun object, but that order is not available for a pronoun.

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