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Which is the correct option to complete the text below?
The Letter Always Wins
Somehow ______ our several ways to contact a company and complain ______ products (email, toll free numbers, ______ person), the old-fashioned letter still seems to win.
Case in point. This week Smucker's Jam agreed to replace two of my grandmother's Pineapple Jams that she had ordered. She talked ______ them ______ the phone and they apologized ______ the bad packaging. But it was her letter that got her two free replacements.
(Adapted from <https://www.wisebread.com/the-letter-always-wins>)
The Letter Always Wins
Somehow ______ our several ways to contact a company and complain ______ products (email, toll free numbers, ______ person), the old-fashioned letter still seems to win.
Case in point. This week Smucker's Jam agreed to replace two of my grandmother's Pineapple Jams that she had ordered. She talked ______ them ______ the phone and they apologized ______ the bad packaging. But it was her letter that got her two free replacements.
(Adapted from <https://www.wisebread.com/the-letter-always-wins>)
Resolução comentada
Preposições: among, about, in, to, on, for.
'Among' é usado para mais de dois itens (várias formas de contato). Os demais usos são: 'complain about', 'in person', 'talked to them', 'on the phone' e 'apologized for'.
Análise das alternativas
A, C e E) 'between' é usado para dois elementos, e aqui há várias formas de contato; 'complain of' e 'at person' também estão errados. D) 'talked for them' e 'in the phone' são incorretos; o certo é 'to them' e 'on the phone'.
Referência: Gramática da língua inglesa: preposições e collocations (complain about, in person, on the phone, apologize for).
Resolução comentada do VaiConcursos.