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Difficulty: MediumPrepositions and Prepositional Phrases

Complete the sentence below by supplying the appropriate preposition to fill the blank.

Answer:Despite the mounting evidence of financial mismanagement, the managing director remained completely impervious 【to】 any criticism from the board of directors.

Answer

The correct preposition to complete the sentence is 'to'.
The adjective 'impervious' selects the dependent preposition 'to' when expressing that an individual or object cannot be affected, penetrated, or influenced by external forces or remarks.

Step-by-Step Solution

1
Identify the head adjective preceding the blank that governs the prepositional complement.
The word preceding the blank is the adjective 'impervious', which means incapable of being affected or influenced.
Certain adjectives in standard English require specific dependent prepositions to link to their complements.
2
Determine the correct dependent preposition that collocates with 'impervious'.
The adjective 'impervious' standardly takes the dependent preposition 'to' (e.g., 'impervious to criticism').
Using alternative prepositions like 'against', 'with', or 'from' creates an ungrammatical prepositional collocation.

Key Concept

Dependent prepositions following adjectives
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Prepositions and Prepositional Phrases

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