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Read the sentence below from an article on materials science.

"The synthetic polymer developed by the research team proved exceptionally susceptible for chemical erosion when exposed to high ambient temperatures."

Which of the following choices replaces the underlined phrase with the idiomatically correct preposition?

  1. A
    NO CHANGE
  2. susceptible toCevap
  3. C
    susceptible with
  4. D
    susceptible towards

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The phrase 'susceptible to' provides the idiomatically correct preposition for the sentence.
In standard English, the adjective 'susceptible' idiomatically pairs with the preposition 'to' when expressing vulnerability or liability to an influence. Therefore, 'susceptible to' is the only choice that adheres to conventions of usage.

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1
Identify the head word preceding the underlined preposition.
The head word is the adjective 'susceptible'.
Prepositional idioms are fixed expressions determined by the noun, verb, or adjective being modified.
2
Determine the standard English prepositional pairing for 'susceptible'.
In standard written English, 'susceptible' requires the preposition 'to' when indicating vulnerability.
Prepositions such as 'for', 'with', or 'towards' form non-standard prepositional combinations with 'susceptible'.

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