Preposition after "cured": complete the medical collocation correctly Context: Recovery from an illness is being described. Fill the blank: "The boy was cured ______ typhoid." Choose the correct option.
Verbal Ability
Selecting Words
Difficulty: Easy
Choose an option
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Afrom
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Boff
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Cof
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Dwith
Answer
Correct Answer: of
Explanation
Given data
- Verb: cured; illness: typhoid.
Concept/ApproachThe standard construction is cure someone of a disease: “cured of typhoid.” From is sometimes heard but is nonstandard in careful usage; off and with are incorrect here.
Option analysisof — correct idiom. ✅from — informal/wrong for this verb phrase.off — not used with diseases.with — would mean “treated with,” not “cured of.”
Final Answerof