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Earth Mankind Lived Thousands Years Australia Strangest Animals

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Keyword earth
Sub Entry Number 2
Type of Sentence
Error Sentence Mankind has lived in the earth for thousands of years.
Correct Sentence Mankind has lived on the earth for thousands of years.
Cloze Error Sentence Mankind has lived [[in]] the earth for thousands of years.
Cloze Sentence Mankind has lived [[on]] the earth for thousands of years.
Cloze Answer on
Choices on | in
Explanation

on (the) earth (NOT in (the) earth ): 'Australia has some of the strangest animals to be found anywhere on earth.' 'Peace on earth is still just a dream.'

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