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Fill in the blank with suitable homophone: Oxygen is the ______ element present in the earth’s crust. - English

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Fill in the blank with suitable homophone:

Oxygen is the ______ element present in the earth’s crust.

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  • principle

  • principal

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Oxygen is the principal element present in the earth’s crust.

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Chapter 1.1: The Portrait of a Lady - Vocabulary [Page 7]

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