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In conversation, people usually adjust the register, or (i) ______ , of their speech according to the circumstances in which they find themselves. For example, they will be less (ii) ______ in their use of vocabulary and (iii) ______ when relaxing with friends than when they are speaking with clergy or legal officials.

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A. meaning D. thoughtful G. lexicon
B. significance E. interested H. grammar
C. style F. formal I. verbiage
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Re: In conversation, people usually adjust the register, or (i) , of their [#permalink] New post   05 Sep 2021, 18:42
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In conversation, people usually adjust the register, or (i) _style_ , of their speech according to the circumstances in which they find themselves. For example, they will be less (ii) __formal_ in their use of vocabulary and (iii) ___grammar___ when relaxing with friends than when they are speaking with clergy or legal officials.
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Re: In conversation, people usually adjust the register, or (i) , of their [#permalink] New post   05 Sep 2021, 19:09
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It would be great if you provide an explanation as well.

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In conversation, people usually adjust the register, or (i) _style_ , of their speech according to the circumstances in which they find themselves. For example, they will be less (ii) __formal_ in their use of vocabulary and (iii) ___grammar___ when relaxing with friends than when they are speaking with clergy or legal officials.
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In conversation, people usually adjust the register, or (i) , of their [#permalink] New post   07 Sep 2021, 06:01
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Why can't it be thoughtful for the second blank?
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In conversation, people usually adjust the register, or (i) , of their [#permalink] New post   07 Sep 2021, 08:37
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Why can't it be thoughtful for the second blank?


because does not match with the meaning of the sentence.

read carefully the sentence

people adjust their style and the style as when you dress up could be how: casual , formal with a tie, a mismatch maybe jeans and jacket...the same is here.

They adjust their style and are more or less formal....

A bit of common sense and the question become easy
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Re: In conversation, people usually adjust the register, or (i) , of their [#permalink] New post   14 Sep 2021, 03:31
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Thoughtful and formal both are contending choices. But at the end of the sentence, it mentions clergy and legal officials with whom we speak formally and they are also formal employees. Moreover, when we talk with our friends, we do not speak thoughtlessly.
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Re: In conversation, people usually adjust the register, or (i) , of their [#permalink] New post   23 Sep 2021, 07:05
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Why is the third blank grammar? Isn't grammar more appropriate for written language instead of spoken language while relaxing friends? I thought verbiage would be a better fit for spoken language.
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Re: In conversation, people usually adjust the register, or (i) , of their [#permalink] New post   17 Apr 2022, 18:37
Why is the third blank not "lexicon"?
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Re: In conversation, people usually adjust the register, or (i) , of their [#permalink] New post   17 Apr 2022, 23:20
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Why is the third blank not "lexicon"?



because it means vocabulary. You instead change the tone and style. Therefore, you are less formal and create more simple grammar sentence
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