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Question 36

A climber lost contact with the ladder's surface and fell away from it. Which sentence uses the dedicated surface-leaving preposition rather than a general origin marker?

  1. The climber fell from the ladder.
  2. The climber fell off the ladder.Correct answer
  3. The climber fell out of the ladder.
  4. The climber fell onto the ladder.

Explanation

The climber fell off the ladder because off explicitly marks loss of contact with a surface. From gives only a broader origin, while out of wrongly treats the ladder as an enclosure.

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