Homework Help: english

Posted by sam on Saturday, February 16, 2013 at 8:37pm.

which word would be the best word to use in this sentence...
My aunt has only______success in quitting smoking.Every few monthsshe ____sto temptation,and then she has toquit all over again.

succomb and curtail..Is this correct?

English - Ms. Sue, Saturday, February 16, 2013 at 8:44pm
The second blank is succumb. The first blank is not curtail.

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