The members of the committee concluded in the end

[chris]

Test No. errors/advan-7 "At the Meeting", question 1

The members of the committee conduced in the end that the topic under discussion should be postponed until further notice.

(a) members
(b) conduced
(c) topic
(d) be postponed

Test No. errors/advan-7 "At the Meeting", answer 1

The members of the committee concluded in the end that the topic under discussion should be postponed until further notice.

Correct entry: concluded
The error was: (b) conduced
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What Am supposed to write in "your entry" space?

[Alan]

In this space you write what you think the right word(s) should be.
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[Eugene2114]

May I ask you if it's not a 'pleonasm case' here, with "concluded in the end"?
Thank you.

[Beeesneees]

'in the end' here is akin to 'eventually' and is an indication of how long it took to reach a conclusion.
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