Expression: Mix the right balance of sauces

[Viola]

Test No. incompl/inter-17 "Eating Out", question 4

If you really want to enjoy the full flavour of that particular meal, you must remember to ......... the right balance of sauces together.

(a) join
(b) stick
(c) attach
(d) mix

Test No. incompl/inter-17 "Eating Out", answer 4

If you really want to enjoy the full flavour of that particular meal, you must remember to mix the right balance of sauces together.

Correct answer: (d) mix
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is mix correct?

Viola

[Torsten]

Yes, you have to mix the sauces together.
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[Haihao]

Hi,

It might seem a little picky but I am really not very clear about the following two expressions:

1. mix the sauces together (in Torsten's comment) - I feel comfortable about it
2. mix the right balance of sauces together (original) - I feel mix should take sauces as its object but here balance theoretically takes over the role. Is it alright or otherwise something like 'mix the sauces together with a right balance'?

haihao

[Alan]

Hi,

'Mix the right balance' refers to the right proportions of the sauces and these can be 'mixed'.

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