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Zorluk: Çok zorPrepositions and Prepositional Phrases

Complete the following sentence by providing the correct preposition that completes the standard grammatical collocation. What preposition best fills the blank?

Cevap:The administrative council warned that operating without executive oversight was strictly inimical 【to】 the long-term stability of the institution.

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The correct preposition to fill the blank is 'to'.
The adjective 'inimical' strictly requires the dependent preposition 'to' when indicating that something is harmful or adverse to an entity or objective.

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1
Identify the adjective requiring a dependent preposition in the stem.
The word needing a prepositional complement is 'inimical'.
Certain adjectives in formal English govern specific dependent prepositions to express relationships.
2
Determine the standard prepositional collocation for 'inimical'.
The adjective 'inimical' (meaning harmful, adverse, or hostile) strictly collocates with 'to'.
Standard grammatical usage requires 'inimical to' when indicating detriment or opposition to something.

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Dependent prepositions following formal adjectives (inimical to)
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Prepositions and Prepositional Phrases

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