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Choose the option that correctly fills the blank: 'The board members were unhappy, but the chairman remained ______ throughout the meeting.'
The correct word is 'calm'. The verb 'remained' works as a linking verb, so it must be followed by an adjective describing the subject, the chairman. An adverb like 'calmly' would wrongly describe an action, and 'calmness' is a noun.
- Acalmly
- BcalmCorrect
- Ccalmness
- Dcalmer than
Explanation
The verb 'remained' here is a linking verb, so it needs an adjective complement describing the chairman. 'Calm' is the adjective. 'Calmly' is an adverb and would describe the manner of an action, which is wrong here. 'Calmness' is a noun.
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