Super difficult exercise (The chairman called ... Mr Smith to second the motion)

[Duc]

Hello,
I have just had an exam and have some questions to ask you:
1.Put a appropriate preposition in the blank
The chairman called..... Mr Smith to second the motion
2.Rewrite the sentences with the suggested words
1.We may have to increase our prices without warning. (subject)
2.I haven't been told clearly what I'll have to do in my next project.(required)
3.Robert was offended when he was left out of the team. (exception)
3.Find mistakes
This year alone,over three thousand inventors from all over the country are application for patent rights.
Please help me with above exercises.
Thanks in advance
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[Mister Micawber]

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Could you try them first, please, duc?
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[Duc]

OH, I did them in my exam,however, here is my answers:
1.The chairman called..... Mr Smith to second the motion (in)
2.I don't have any idea about this exercise.
3.I think it is ''application'' but I don't know how to correct it because I don't understand the meaning very clearly.Can you tell me?
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[Mister Micawber]

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1-- not 'in'-- 'ON'

2-- This exercise seems a little odd, but here's an answer to the first one: We may have to subject our customers to a price increase without warning.

3-- This year alone, over three thousand inventors from all over the country have applied for patent rights. You shouldn't need the meaning of all the words to understand that there is no main verb in the original and that 'this year' probably takes present perfect.
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[Lost_Soul]

Hi, MM

When I tried sentence 2, my first idea was Our prices are subject to increasing without warning. Will this sentence do or is it wrong?

Thank you in advance.

PS: Also I don't have the foggiest idea how to change sentence 3
Maybe, Robert was offended when he was excepted from the team ? But do we say like that?

[Alan]

Hi Lost_soul,

You could say: 'subject to increase' an expression often used to indicate that the price given may well go up

I agree 'excepted' is an odd use in the sentence. Perhaps 'excluded from the team' is needed.

Alan
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[Duc]

Well,tomorrow my teacher will give me the answer and I'll show you.Anyway,thank you for helping me!
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