7. We spent the morning driving the herd of through the narrow pass.

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7.  We spent the morning driving the herd of                        through the narrow pass.

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The prompt presents a sentence with a blank: 'We spent the morning driving the herd of __________ through the narrow pass.'

Since the available data shows only one provided answer, which is 'cattle,' I will reason about how this word fits the sentence and why it is a natural choice in this context.

First, consider the phrase 'the herd of ______ through the narrow pass.' A herd is a group of animals that are often moved together along a route. The noun that commonly follows 'herd of' to describe a large, domesticated livestock group is 'cattle.' This is a standard collocation in English: 'herd of cattle.'

Second, think about the semantics and the imagery: driving a herd implies stock farming or ranching activity, where cattle are herded through passageways or passes. Other livestock terms (like horses, sheep, goats) could also form a 'herd of ______,' but 'cattle' is the most typical pairing with 'herd' in everyday usage and in instructional or narrative contexts about moving livestock.

Third, consider the grammar and collective noun behavior: 'cattle' is a plural noun that refers to a collection of individual animals collectively treated as a single entity in many contexts. The sentence 'driving the herd of cattle through the narrow pass' reads naturally and grammatically.

If one were to imagine alternative fill-ins (not provided here), options like 'horses' or 'sheep' could also be plausible in different contexts, but they would slightly shift the typical farming scenario or may require different phrasing (for instance, 'herd of horses' is possible but less common with the verb 'driving' in this exact construction; 'flock' is more common with sheep or birds, not typically used with 'herd').

In summary, the combination 'herd of cattle' aligns well with standard collocations, conveys the intended imagery of moving livestock, and maintains grammatical coherence within the sentence.

CLA 030 001 WQ 2025 Homework 42: Words of Interesting Origin, p. 299

7. We spent the morning driving the herd of through the narrow pass.

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