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Problem

Despite a decade of planning, hard work, and development, the new movie failed in the theaters, and the director and the producer had no choice but to go back to the drawing board.

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Clue

Conventional expression helps in choosing the correct idioms to complete the sentence.

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Hint

For the given sentence, 'going back to the drawing room' is more appropriate.

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Sumup

Please summarize choices

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Step

CHOICES

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Choice-A

Despite a decade of planning, hard work, and development, the new movie failed in the theaters, and the director and the producer had no choice but to go back onto the drawing board. The sentence is generally correct but could be improved for conventional expression. The phrase "go back onto the drawing board" is a common idiom, and traditionally, it is used without the preposition "onto.

Wrong No change

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Choice-B

Despite a decade of planning, hard work, and development, the new movie failed in the theaters, and the director and the producer had no choice but to go back to the drawing room. The sentence is correct according to conventional expression. This is because it uses the idiom "go back to the drawing room" appropriately. In common usage, the phrase "go back to the drawing board" or "go back to the drawing room" means to reassess and redesign plans after a failure or setback.

Correct back to the drawing room

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Choice-C

Despite a decade of planning, hard work, and development, the new movie failed in the theaters, and the director and the producer had no choice but to go back into the drawing room. The sentence is incorrect according to conventional expression because the standard idiom is "go back to the drawing board," not "go back into the drawing room.

Wrong back into the drawing room

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Choice-D

Despite a decade of planning, hard work, and development, the new movie failed in the theaters, and the director and the producer had no choice but to go back on the drawing board. The sentence is incorrect according to conventional expression. The standard and widely accepted idiom is "go back to the drawing board," not "go back on the drawing board.

Wrong back on the drawing board

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Step

Complete sentence - Despite a decade year of planning, hardworking, and development, the new movie failed in the theatres; the director and the producer of the movie had no choice but to go back to the drawing room.

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Answer

Option B

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Sumup

Please summarize choices