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Which of the following statements about synonym's is correct ? A. Thesaurus entries only list one synonym for every word B. Synonyms are word's with similar denotations but different connotations C. Synonyms
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Which of the following statements about synonym's is correct ? A. Thesaurus entries only list one synonym for every word B. Synonyms are word's with similar denotations but different connotations C. Synonyms are perfectly interchangeable in all contexts D. Synonyms are word's with the same connotative meanings​

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b. synonyms are words with similar denotations but different connotations.

the others are wrong because thesaurus entries list multiple synonyms per word, not all synonyms are interchangeable regardless of context, and no word can have the exact same connotation as another.

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