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Sentence improvement — correct preposition with 'protest': use 'protest against' an action: 'Most donors would seriously protest against any effort to extrapolate from such limited data.'

Difficulty: Easy

protest against
protest at
protest to
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Correct Answer: protest against

Explanation:

Given sentence
Most donors would seriously protest any effort to extrapolate from such limited data.

Concept/Approach
When the object is an action/proposal, the collocation is protest against (e.g., protest against a decision). 'Protest to' is used with a person, and 'protest at' is less common/BrE-specific for places or events.

Correction
protest against any effort …

Final Answer
protest against

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