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| orange.county01 Bilingual Tetraglot Newbie IranRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 4938 days ago 12 posts - 12 votes Speaks: Turkish*, Azerbaijani*, Persian, EnglishC1 Studies: FrenchA2 | Message 1 of 6 29 June 2012 at 9:42pm | IP Logged |
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Choose the best answer which completes the blank and explain your reason.
1)------ should be viewed as either positive or negative, as in the case of the normative reference group. 1) Such subjects as referred &nbs p; 2) Reference to any such object 3) Referring any of such object 4) Such a subject to be referred 2) Only where market failure occurs ----- to worry, and even such failure may tend to excessive conservation. 1) is there perhaps cause & nbsp; 2) Does it perhaps cause 3) it perhaps causes us &nbs p; 4) perhaps there is cause us 3) ------ neck region the spinal cord thickens. 1) The point above just the &nb sp; 2) It is at the point just above 3) At a point just above the &nb sp;4) It is just a point above where 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| s0fist Diglot Senior Member United States Joined 5050 days ago 260 posts - 445 votes  Speaks: Russian*, English Studies: Sign Language, German, Spanish, French | Message 2 of 6 30 June 2012 at 3:29am | IP Logged |
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1)2, 2)1, 3)3.
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| orange.county01 Bilingual Tetraglot Newbie IranRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 4938 days ago 12 posts - 12 votes Speaks: Turkish*, Azerbaijani*, Persian, EnglishC1 Studies: FrenchA2 | Message 3 of 6 30 June 2012 at 10:52am | IP Logged |
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Dear s0fist u didn't give ur reason.
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| druckfehler Triglot Senior Member Germany Joined 4872 days ago 1181 posts - 1912 votes Speaks: German*, EnglishC2, Korean Studies: Persian | Message 4 of 6 01 July 2012 at 10:42pm | IP Logged |
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Same as s0fist. All other answers are more or less unacceptable. I'm no English grammar crack (not in advanced grammar) and I just know intuitively, but I'll try to explain at least for your first question:
For question 1: 1) "Such subjects as referred TO" would be correct, without the preposition it's incorrect* 3) "Referring TO any (of) such object" would be acceptable. Again the preposition is needed. "of" would need a plural and sounds a bit awkward combined with "such": "to any of those objects" would sound okay. 4) the word order is messed up. *Refer without a "to" has to have a person as object (and also has a different meaning in that case) 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| Gatsby42 Groupie United StatesRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 4645 days ago 55 posts - 72 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Spanish | Message 5 of 6 02 July 2012 at 9:46am | IP Logged |
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Yeah, I'd go as far as to say that the grand majority of those were all awkwardly written. A well placed comma here and there can shorten most sentences and make them clearer.
That said, 1. Choice 2 - "reference" is the only correct conjugation for the context of the statement. Nobody uses "referring" and "referred" is a past tense conjugation. 2. Choice 1 For this one I'll just point out why each wrong one is awkward, though I'd eliminate the "perhaps" out of choice 1 to make it more concise. Choice 2: "does it" is usually only used for questions, ie: "Does it make you sad to think of her?" "It does" would work better as in "It does make me sad to think of her.", but the "it" isn't necessary here because we already have the subject "market failure". Choice 3: Look above, the "it" is redundant. Choice 4: This is wrong just because it's awkward to use perhaps in this way without it starting a sentence, as in "Perhaps it will rain tomorrow." Can't say why, it just is. 3. Here, the subject of the sentence is "where the spinal cord" thickens. Your goal is to answer "where". Saying "At a point just above" starts by implying a precise area and just above helps visualize where the point is placed, so that the person doesn't think about the top front part of a person's chin or any other spot. Hope this helps. I always say that English makes no sense, and exercises like these make that all the more clear to me! Cheers. 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| orange.county01 Bilingual Tetraglot Newbie IranRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 4938 days ago 12 posts - 12 votes Speaks: Turkish*, Azerbaijani*, Persian, EnglishC1 Studies: FrenchA2 | Message 6 of 6 02 July 2012 at 9:11pm | IP Logged |
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Thanks a million everyone
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