Depending on your preference, you can choose to complete either or ......... courses being offered by the university.
Each of the following sentences in this section has a blank space with four options. Select whichever preposition or determiner you consider the most appropriate for the blank space and indicate your response on the Answer Sheet accordingly.
- A. some
- B. many
- C. any
- D. both ✓
Correct Answer: D. both
Explanation
The phrase 'either or both' is a standard English idiom used to provide choices involving one or both items.
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