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yawa3891 [41]
3 years ago
12

The sentence "Sickly people cost the company a whole boatload of dough" is not acceptable because _____.

English
1 answer:
ArbitrLikvidat [17]3 years ago
8 0
The sentence <em>Sickly people cost the company a whole boatload of dough </em>is not acceptable because the sentence contains a loaded word as well as slang.
You cannot use slang words such as <em>boatload </em>or <em>dough </em>in formal English. 
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