"First And Foremost" as a Fixed Prioritizing Binomial
5 exercises — practise the fixed prioritizing binomial "first and foremost".
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Which sentence correctly uses "first and foremost" at the start of a sentence to flag the most important requirement?
"First and foremost, the migration must not..." correctly keeps the fixed, irreversible word order "first and foremost" followed by a single comma. Option B reverses the fixed binomial, which is non-standard. Options C and D misplace the comma inside the fixed phrase.
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Which sentence correctly uses "first and foremost" mid-sentence to introduce the primary reason for a decision?
"...chose PostgreSQL first and foremost because of..." correctly places the fixed binomial directly before "because", with no internal punctuation. Option B reverses the fixed order. Option C wrongly inserts commas that break the fixed phrase. Option D wrongly inserts "most", which is redundant since "foremost" already means "most important".
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Which sentence correctly distinguishes "first and foremost" (prioritizing, meaning "most importantly") from the sequential "first of all" (meaning simply "the first item in a list")?
"First and foremost, security must not be compromised; first of all, though, let's confirm..." correctly keeps both fixed phrases intact in their standard word order, using each for its distinct purpose. The other options scramble one or both fixed phrases.
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Which sentence correctly uses "first and foremost" to introduce the top priority in a code review comment?
"First and foremost, this function needs input validation..." correctly keeps the fixed binomial intact with a single comma after it. The other options misplace the comma or reverse the fixed word order.
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Which sentence correctly uses "first and foremost" to describe someone's primary role before mentioning a secondary one?
"She is first and foremost a backend engineer..." correctly places the fixed binomial directly before the noun phrase with no internal or preceding comma needed here. Option B reverses the fixed order. Options C and D insert commas that are not standard in this mid-sentence position.