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Difficulty: MediumPrepositions and Prepositional Phrases

The newly appointed chief financial officer insisted that the company's financial strategies must be strictly aligned ______ established regulatory frameworks, rather than being subservient ______ individual executive preferences. Which pair of prepositions correctly completes the sentence?

  1. with / toAnswer
  2. B
    to / with
  3. C
    for / towards
  4. D
    at / against

Answer

The prepositions 'with' and 'to' correctly complete the sentence as 'aligned with' and 'subservient to'.
The expression 'aligned with' is the correct dependent prepositional phrase used to express agreement or harmony with a set of guidelines, while 'subservient to' correctly denotes being subordinate or secondary to something else.

Step-by-Step Solution

1
Determine the dependent preposition required by 'aligned'.
The word 'aligned' collocates with 'with' when expressing conformity to a rule, policy, or framework.
'Aligned with' is the standard idiomatic expression.
2
Determine the dependent preposition required by 'subservient'.
The adjective 'subservient' requires the preposition 'to' to denote yielding or subordination.
'Subservient to' is the established grammatical complement.

Key Concept

Dependent prepositions and adjective-preposition collocations
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