Dairy, Dreary, Diary 1. She quietly stored all her sacred memories in her private <u>dairy</u>. 2. The proceedings of the meeting went on and on and were quite <u>dreary</u>. 3. They always bought their milk products from the local <u>diary</u>. In which of the sentences given above has/have the words been used correctly?
In the following items similar sounding words are given, followed by sentences wherein in each sentence one of these words has been used, and underlined. You are required to identify those sentences in which these words have been used most appropriately and mark your response in the Answer Sheet accordingly.
- A. 1 and 3 only
- B. 2 only ✓
- C. 2 and 3 only
- D. 1, 2 and 3
Correct Answer: B. 2 only
Explanation
Only sentence 2 is correct; sentences 1 and 3 swap 'diary' (personal record) and 'dairy' (milk products).
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