Difficulty: Easy
Correct Answer: hell bent on getting
Explanation:
Given sentence
'The workers are hell bent at getting what is due to them.'
Concept/Approach
The fixed idiom is 'hell-bent on + gerund/noun'. Prepositions 'at' or 'for' are nonstandard here; 'upon' is formal but less idiomatic than 'on' in contemporary usage.
Step-by-step correction
Replace 'at' → 'on': 'The workers are hell bent on getting what is due to them.'
Common pitfalls
Using 'for' after 'hell bent' is incorrect; 'upon' is grammatically acceptable but markedly formal and not the conventional collocation.
Final Answer
hell bent on getting
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