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Calm-mind
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 Posted: Thu Nov 23, 2006 7:47 am Post subject: Five quizzes |
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I can give the following questions correct answers but am not sure Iwhy other choices are wrong. I would like to know the reasons firmly.
1. Aren�t you hungry? You ( ) ate today.
Scarcely is correct. But why is little incorrect?
2. After the festival, ( ) tourists came to the town.
Few is correct Why least is incorrect?
3. Tony seemed ( ) to my idea.
Indifferent is correct. If same or similar is put there, what does this mean? For example, Tony seemed the same to me is correct and I know the meaning of it.
4. The police arrested Joan after she made a full ( ) of her guilt.
Admission is correct. Possession or responsibility cannot be put there. Do you say make a possession or make a responsibility？ There are examples in Google. What do they mean? I know take a responsibility.
5.You should ( ) your schedule before leaving home.
Check is correct. Why are assure, ensure, make sure, guarantee wrong?
I�m sorry for asking too much. |
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Mary W. Ng
Joined: 26 Jun 2006
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| Posted: Fri Nov 24, 2006 10:24 am Post subject: Re: Five quizzes |
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1. Aren�t you hungry? You ( ) ate today.
Scarcely is correct. But why is little incorrect? |
As an adverb, little is used after a verb, as in 'He talked little.'
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2. After the festival, ( ) tourists came to the town.
Few is correct Why least is incorrect? |
Little, meaning 'a small amount of', is used with uncountable nouns. Least is the superlative form of little.
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3. Tony seemed ( ) to my idea.
Indifferent is correct. If same or similar is put there, what does this mean? For example, Tony seemed the same to me is correct and I know the meaning of it.
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If you use either same or similar in the sentence, the sentence does not make sense.
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4. The police arrested Joan after she made a full ( ) of her guilt.
Admission is correct. Possession or responsibility cannot be put there. Do you say make a possession or make a responsibility? There are examples in Google. What do they mean? I know take a responsibility. |
Take a close look at the Google examples. Are you sure it is 'make a responsibility', not 'make a responsibility' plus a noun like determination, chart, statement? The same goes with 'make a possession'.
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5.You should ( ) your schedule before leaving home.
Check is correct. Why are assure, ensure, make sure, guarantee wrong?
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To answer this question, you need a good dictionary. I find the Cambridge Online Dictionary very useful. http://dictionary.cambridge.org
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Calm-mind
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| Posted: Sat Nov 25, 2006 6:19 am Post subject: |
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| Thank you very much for answering in detail, Mary W. Ng. |
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