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- 01. Make sure you wear the [proper] clothing when you go for your job interview.02. If you don't follow the instructions, you can't expect the machine to work [properly].03. You need to wear [proper] clothing while skiing; otherwise, you'll be so cold you won't enjoy yourself.04. They live in Seattle [proper], not in the suburbs.05. Studies have shown that if schoolchildren don't eat a [proper] breakfast, they often find it difficult to concentrate in class.06. It's hard for me to fix my bicycle because I don't have the [proper] tools.07. My video camera isn't working [properly]; the image is all dark.08. There is a Navaho proverb which states that a man can't get rich if he takes [proper] care of his family.09. Camels will refuse to carry loads that are not [properly] balanced.10. A Chinese student told me that the [proper] way to eat chicken feet is to put the entire foot in one's mouth, suck off the meat, and spit out the bones.11. Someone told me that in India, it is perfectly [proper] for men to wear pajamas in public.12. Your teeth will last a lifetime if you care for them [properly].13. Thomas Watson once said that wisdom is the power to put our time and our knowledge to the [proper] use.14. Frederick Douglass once stated that truth is [proper] and beautiful in all times and in all places.15. Public displays of affection are considered [improper] in Indonesia.16. Alaska is so cold that oil transported by pipeline across the state has to be heated in order to flow [properly].
Grammatical examples in English. 2013.