When you can’t choose, but have to take what you’re given: “I’ll take a cat, but if I had my ________, I’d take a dog.”
This question was slightly altered from the 1965–70 question.
| DRUTHERS | 10 |
| CHOICE | 7 |
| WAY | 6 |
| PICK | 5 |
| PREFERENCE | 3 |
| RATHERS | 1 |
| SAY | 1 |
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