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If the root metro means “mother” and polis means “city,” which sentence uses metropolis correctly?
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Chicago, the metropolis of the Midwest, is my favorite city to visit.
The metropolis ruled over the city in a just and fair way.
The family emigrated from their metropolis, or mother country.
I tell people I live in Atlanta, but I really live in the suburban metropolis nearby.
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Answer: (1)
Explanation: "Metropolis" means a large, principal city (from metro "mother" + polis "city"), so calling Chicago "the metropolis of the Midwest" is correct. The other sentences misuse the word (2 implies a metropolis rules another city; 3 confuses metropolis with "mother country"; 4 wrongly pairs "suburban" with a large central city).
Explanation: "Metropolis" means a large, principal city (from metro "mother" + polis "city"), so calling Chicago "the metropolis of the Midwest" is correct. The other sentences misuse the word (2 implies a metropolis rules another city; 3 confuses metropolis with "mother country"; 4 wrongly pairs "suburban" with a large central city).
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