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Chan-Seung Lee
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 Posted: Mon Apr 09, 2007 7:43 am Post subject: serve |
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| Your detailed directions only served to confuse me further. |
In the context, what does 'serve' mean? What words can be replaced with it?
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lotus
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| Posted: Tue Apr 10, 2007 12:30 am Post subject: |
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Hi Chan-Seung Lee,
I think the closest definition is either 7 or 8:
http://www.infoplease.com/dictionary/serve
Try:
Your detailed directions only served to confuse me further.
Your detailed directions served only to confuse me further.
Your detailed directions was only useful in confusing me further.
--lotus
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| Posted: Tue Apr 10, 2007 7:28 am Post subject: |
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In that sentence "served" has the meaning of 'had the effect of', 'resulted in'.
Your detailed directions only had the effect of confusing me further.
Your detailed directions only resulted in me being more confused.
'Your detailed directions only made me more confused.' is a simple and good sentence. |
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