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Difficulty: Very hardPrepositions and Prepositional Phrases

Complete the sentence below by filling in the blank with the appropriate preposition.

Answer:Despite years of dedicated public service, the executive director's lavish personal expenditure was deemed completely incommensurate 【with】 his modest official remuneration.

Answer

The correct preposition required to complete the blank is 'with'.
The adjective 'incommensurate' requires the dependent preposition 'with' to express that one entity is out of proportion or inappropriate in comparison to another.

Step-by-Step Solution

1
Identify the key adjective governing the prepositional compliment in the sentence structure.
The word 'incommensurate' functions as the predicate adjective describing the disproportion between expenditure and remuneration.
Adjectives indicating proportion, compatibility, or comparison require specific dependent prepositions to complete their meaning.
2
Apply standard rules of prepositional collocation for the adjective 'incommensurate'.
'Incommensurate' strictly collocates with the preposition 'with' when denoting disproportion or lack of parity between two things.
Standard formal English syntax mandates 'incommensurate with'; substituting prepositions such as 'to', 'for', or 'from' creates an unnatural or ungrammatical collocation.

Key Concept

Dependent Prepositions and Adjective-Preposition Collocations
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