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Difficulty: HardCollocation and Idiomatic Fit

Complete the passage by providing the correct preposition that satisfies standard academic English collocation and idiomatic fit for each blank.

Answer:Although the newly implemented operational guidelines were intended to be conducive 【to】 collaborative innovation, senior researchers observed that the revised protocol was instead replete 【with】 procedural obstacles that impeded original inquiry.

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Blank 1 requires 'to' to form the idiom 'conducive to', and Blank 2 requires 'with' to form the idiom 'replete with'.
The adjective 'conducive' mandates the prepositional complement 'to' when indicating helpfulness toward an end. The adjective 'replete' mandates the prepositional complement 'with' when describing abundance or fullness. Therefore, 'to' and 'with' are the only idiomatically correct prepositions for Blank 1 and Blank 2, respectively.

Step-by-Step Solution

1
Examine the adjective-preposition complement required for Blank 1 following 'conducive'.
Determine that 'conducive' requires the preposition 'to'.
In standard academic English, 'conducive' uniquely collocates with 'to' when describing conditions favorable to a particular outcome.
2
Examine the adjective-preposition complement required for Blank 2 following 'replete'.
Determine that 'replete' requires the preposition 'with'.
The adjective 'replete' (meaning abundantly supplied or filled) strictly takes 'with' as its idiomatic prepositional complement.

Key Concept

Prepositional Complementation and Fixed Adjective Collocations
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Collocation and Idiomatic Fit

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