Fill in the blank with a suitable preposition.
I can eat all kinds of food _______ Chinese.
Fill in the blank with a suitable preposition.
I can eat all kinds of food _______ Chinese.
The correct option is C except
The preposition ‘except’ means something is ‘not included’ in the list, in other words, it means ‘apart from’ something. In the given context, the speaker can eat all kinds of food other than or apart from ‘Chinese’, thus ‘Chinese’ is the exception in the list of food that he/she can eat. Hence option A is correct. Whereas the expression ‘in spite of’ means ‘even though’. ‘In spite of’ is used when we mean that the fact that the person can do something is not changed by another action or fact. This is irrelevant here because the sentence doesn’t state that ‘Chinese’ is trying to prevent the person from eating the other varieties. Thus, the meaning of the sentence would be illogical when we use ‘in spite of’, so option B is incorrect. Similarly, ‘since’ would once again be illogical in the given context because ‘since’ means ‘because of’ something. ‘Chinese’ doesn't denote the reason for the speaker’s versatile palette. Thus option D is incorrect. On the other hand ‘in’ is used to denote a city/country or a large space inside which one can stay. ‘Chinese’ is neither a city/country nor a place, therefore option C is incorrect.
The preposition ‘except’ means something is ‘not included’ in the list, in other words, it means ‘apart from’ something. In the given context, the speaker can eat all kinds of food other than or apart from ‘Chinese’, thus ‘Chinese’ is the exception in the list of food that he/she can eat. Hence option A is correct. Whereas the expression ‘in spite of’ means ‘even though’. ‘In spite of’ is used when we mean that the fact that the person can do something is not changed by another action or fact. This is irrelevant here because the sentence doesn’t state that ‘Chinese’ is trying to prevent the person from eating the other varieties. Thus, the meaning of the sentence would be illogical when we use ‘in spite of’, so option B is incorrect. Similarly, ‘since’ would once again be illogical in the given context because ‘since’ means ‘because of’ something. ‘Chinese’ doesn't denote the reason for the speaker’s versatile palette. Thus option D is incorrect. On the other hand ‘in’ is used to denote a city/country or a large space inside which one can stay. ‘Chinese’ is neither a city/country nor a place, therefore option C is incorrect.
