Fill in the blanks using suitable articles. When no article is required, select no article among the given options. _____ recent survey indicates that _____ number of drug addicts is growing day by day.

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The correct answer is A, the. • The first blank: Use "A" because the sentence introduces a "recent survey" for the first time. It is an indefinite, non-specific mention of one survey among many possible surveys.• The second blank: Use "the" because the phrase "the number of" is a specific grammatical structure used to indicate a total or a quantity that is changing (increasing or decreasing). In contrast, "a number of" would mean "several" or "many," which does not fit the singular verb "is growing."

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No article, the

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The, the

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A, no article

Fill in the blanks using suitable articles. When no article is required, select no article among the given options.
_ recent survey indicates that _ number of drug addicts is growing day by day.

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