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Answer key vs key answer?

English Language & Usage Asked on January 28, 2021

AFAIK, and as I do use, “answer key” is the one I always see natives using. But there are some people around me who use “key answer” and I wonder if that is also a true way of carrying the same meaning? I’ve to say that I’m not a native English speaker and same about them. Any help could be appreciated…

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An answer key is a key to the answers (to a test or exercise). It's usually a copy of the test or exercise with the instructor's idea of the best possible answers written in.

A key answer is an answer that is key. That is, it's the most important of several possible answers to a question. Alternatively, it could be the answer to a question, as given in the answer key.

Answered by The Photon on January 28, 2021

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