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The board assured the newly appointed managing director that his remuneration package would be fully commensurate _____ his qualifications and extensive executive experience. Which preposition correctly completes the sentence?

  1. withCevap
  2. B
    to
  3. C
    for
  4. D
    by

Cevap

The preposition 'with' correctly completes the sentence.
The adjective 'commensurate' idiomatically collocates with the preposition 'with' when denoting proportion or equivalence.

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1
Identify the head adjective requiring a dependent preposition in the sentence context.
The target adjective is 'commensurate'.
Certain adjectives in English standard usage strictly govern specific prepositions.
2
Select the correct dependent preposition that collocates with 'commensurate'.
'Commensurate' pairs with 'with'.
The fixed grammatical construction 'commensurate with' means corresponding in size, extent, or degree.

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Dependent Prepositions and Adjective Collocations
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