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Saturday, December 27, 2014 1:43 AM by colorfulratio

Which prepositions should I use here?

A team of art historians has been examining

_______ the picture ________ a laboratory in Paris.
Tests have revealed a fingerprint near the top
________ the painting which is remarkably similar
to one found _______ a da Vinci work in the
Vatican. If the team is correct, the painting could
be worth many millions of dollars. The painting
was previously believed to be an early
nineteenth-century work _______ an unknown
German artist. It was sold ________ Christie's in
New York in 1988 for $19,000. In 2007 it was sold
again ________ a similar sum _______ Canadian-
born collector, Peter Silverman. Mr Silverman
knew there was something special about the
painting. He wasn't convinced it was a
nineteenth-century work and so, last year, he
discussed _______ the painting ________ Dr
Nicholas Turner ________ the British Museum.
________ a result of these discussions, Mr
Silverman decided to begin a thorough
investigation of the picture. Professor Martin
Kemp ________ Oxford University, an expert
________ da Vinci's work, believes the picture may
be a portrait of Bianca Sforza, daughter ________
the Duke _______ Milan.

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Saturday, December 27, 2014 2:20 AM by Mister

Micawber

colorfulratio Which prepositions should I use

here?

Hello, colorfulratio. We would like to see your

effort first. Which prepositions do you choose?

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Saturday, December 27, 2014 2:20 AM by Mister

Micawber

colorfulratio Which prepositions should I use

here?

Hello, colorfulratio. We would like to see your

effort first. Which prepositions do you choose?

Reply

Saturday, December 27, 2014 6:11 PM by colorfulratio

A team of art historians has been examining

__NA____ the picture ____in____ a laboratory in
Paris. Tests have revealed a fingerprint near the
top ____of____ the painting which is remarkably
similar to one found _on_____ a da Vinci work in
the Vatican. If the team is correct, the painting
could be worth many millions of dollars. The
painting was previously believed to be an early
nineteenth-century work _of_____ an unknown
German artist. It was sold ___to_____ Christie's in
New York in 1988 for $19,000. In 2007 it was sold
again ___for_____ a similar sum ___to___ Canadian-
born collector, Peter Silverman. Mr Silverman
knew there was something special about the
painting. He wasn't convinced it was a
nineteenth-century work and so, last year, he
discussed ___NA___ the painting __with______ Dr
Nicholas Turner __from______ the British Museum.
____As____ a result of these discussions, Mr
Silverman decided to begin a thorough
investigation of the picture. Professor Martin
Kemp ___from_____ Oxford University, an expert
____in____ da Vinci's work, believes the picture
may be a portrait of Bianca Sforza, daughter
__of______ the Duke __of____ Milan.

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Saturday, December 27, 2014 11:19 PM by Mister

Micawber

Very good!

A team of art historians has been examining

_NA____ the picture ___in/at___ a laboratory in
Paris. Tests have revealed a fingerprint near the
top ____of____ the painting which is remarkably
similar to one found _on____ a da Vinci work in the
Vatican. If the team is correct, the painting could
be worth many millions of dollars. The painting
was previously believed to be an early
nineteenth-century work _by____ an unknown
German artist. It was sold __at/by____ Christie's in
New York in 1988 for $19,000. In 2007 it was sold
again ___for_____ a similar sum ___to__ Canadian-
born collector, Peter Silverman. Mr Silverman
knew there was something special about the
painting. He wasn't convinced it was a
nineteenth-century work and so last year, he
discussed __NA___ the painting __with______ Dr
Nicholas Turner _of_____ the British Museum.
____As____ a result of these discussions, Mr
Silverman decided to begin a thorough
investigation of the picture. Professor Martin
Kemp __of____ Oxford University, an expert
____in____ da Vinci's work, believes the picture
may be a portrait of Bianca Sforza, daughter
__of______ the Duke __of___ Milan.

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