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Reply Thu 19 Jan, 2017 02:35 am
My boss_______________my request to increase my allowance.

What should we use in blank 'refused' or 'denied' and why
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Reply Sun 22 Jan, 2017 08:54 am
You could use either, because both can be used to mean "declined to give (something requested or desired) to (someone)." Refuse is OK everywhere but deny is (I think) more common in US English than British.


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