Direction: In the following questions, a part of the sentence is in bold. Below are given alternatives to the bold part at 1, 2 and 3 which may improve the sentence. Choose the correct alter native. In case no improvement is needed, your answer is (4).
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You are asked to copy this letter word by word.
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- word for word
- word with word
- word to word
- No improvement
Correct Option: A
word for word (Idiom) : in the exact words
word by word (Idiom) : one word at a time
Here, word for word is the right usage.
