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A. deficit B. explosion C. distinguish D. exposure E. nailed F. signs G. differ H. proclaim I. sense J. proficiency K. framework L. bear M. advanced N. equipped O. flexibility There are many different stories about the downturn in the proper use of English. Surely students should be able to 31________ between their / there / they’re or the distinctive difference between complimentary and complementary. They unfairly 32________ the bulk of the criticism for these knowledge deficits because there is a sense that they should know better. Students are not dumb, but they are being misled everywhere they look and listen. For example, 33________ in grocery stores point them to the stationary, even though the actual stationery items – pads, albums and notebooks – are not 34________ down. Friends and loved ones often 35_________ they’ve just ate when, in fact, they’ve just eaten. Therefore, it doesn’t make any 36________ to criticize our students. Blame for the scandal of this language 37________ should be thrust upon our schools, which should be setting high standards of English language 38________. Instead, they only teach a little grammar and even less 39________vocabulary. Moreover, the younger teachers themselves evidently have little knowledge of these vital structures of language because they also went without 40__________ to them.