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Question 60

Select all that apply: which sentences use the standard succeed construction before a gerund?

  1. The engineer succeeded in repairing the sensor.Correct answer
  2. The engineer succeeded to repair the sensor.
  3. Maya succeeds at persuading hesitant clients.
  4. Maya succeeds in persuading hesitant clients.Correct answer

Explanation

Succeeded in repairing and succeeds in persuading both use the inventory's in-plus-gerund frame. Succeeded to repair wrongly selects an infinitive, while Maya succeeds at persuading hesitant clients uses at before the gerund rather than the construction requested.

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