Examkin

Question

Difficulty: MediumPrepositions and Prepositional Phrases

Complete the sentence below by supplying the correct prepositions in the blanks.

Answer:The university senate announced that admission to the postgraduate fellowship was contingent 【on】 candidate performance in the qualifying examinations, and conducted strictly in conformity 【with】 standard academic guidelines.

Answer

The correct prepositions to fill the blanks are 'on' (or 'upon') for the first blank and 'with' for the second blank.
The adjective 'contingent' takes the dependent preposition 'on' or 'upon' to indicate conditionality. Furthermore, the fixed prepositional phrase 'in conformity with' is the standard idiomatic structure used to express compliance with rules or regulations.

Step-by-Step Solution

1
Determine the correct dependent preposition following the adjective 'contingent'.
The adjective 'contingent' grammatically requires the dependent preposition 'on' or 'upon'.
In standard English usage, when 'contingent' means dependent on something happening, it takes 'on' or 'upon'.
2
Determine the correct preposition required to complete the multi-word prepositional phrase 'in conformity...'.
The fixed prepositional expression is 'in conformity with'.
Although the verb form is 'conform to', the noun phrase 'in conformity' strictly collocates with the preposition 'with'.

Key Concept

Dependent Prepositions and Fixed Prepositional Phrases
Rate this question

Topics

Prepositions and Prepositional Phrases

More questions from this topic