[Vocabulary] In fact vs. In addition

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Hello, I have trouble giving the answer to the following sentence:

When two players play a tennis match, the loser doesn't cherish any grudge against the winner. _______, the loser congratulates his successor and shakes hands with him.
A. In fact
B. In addition

I think A is the answer but I want to know if B is interchangeable in the sentence? Please tell me the reason. Thanks in advance.
 
Please tell us where you found this question (we need the source and the author). I'm confident that it wasn't written by a native speaker because we don't use "cherish a grudge".
 
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I think the answer is A, in fact. It looks like the author wants to contrast their previous sentence, not expand it.

I'm confident that it wasn't written by a native speaker because we don't use "cherish a grudge".

I've seen it in the Bible. Not sure if it's used by regular, everyday, normal people.

Leviticus 19:18 - "Take no revenge and cherish no grudge against your own people."
 
I found it in an english exercise book. I really need to know which native speakers use in this situation. Do they use "in fact" or "in addition".
 
I found it in an English exercise book.

I really need to know which native speakers use in this situation. Do they use "in fact" or "in addition"?

You still haven't provided the name of the book or the author. This is a requirement of the forum.
 
I've seen it in the Bible. Not sure if it's used by regular, everyday, normal people.

Leviticus 19:18 - "Take no revenge and cherish no grudge against your own people."
It isn't.
 
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You posted the same thread here and here, calui.

We recommend posting a question on one forum only initially. If you do not get a satisfactory answer from that forum and you feel that you have exhausted its possibilities, then of course trying a different forum might help. It is only courteous however, to tell the second forum that you have already asked the question on another forum and then give a precis of the answers you received there, or provide a link to it, along with an explanation of why you are now looking elsewhere.
(emsr2d2)
 
Please read emsr2d2's post #7 again, calui.
 
Here is the link for the sentence I posted above.
http://www.english-for-students.com/Sportsmanship.html

That's not an English exercise book. It's a website. Please make your mind up. If you found it in a book, you still need to provide the source and author. If you found it on that website, you should have told us that in post #1 and provided the link.
Both A and B are grammatically possible but they're not interchangeable (that suggests they mean the same - they don't).
 
By the way, I've just had a closer look at the webpage you linked to and it contains multiple errors. I suggest you stop using it to help you learn English.
 
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