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Fill in the blank with the most appropriate preposition:

Children are attracted _________ anything that glitters.

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Correct Option: 1

The standard textbook collocation is attracted by, where by indicates the cause or agent that attracts. Children are attracted by anything that glitters is the correct construction in formal English.

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