dragn
Joined: 17 Feb 2009
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 Posted: Tue Sep 08, 2009 2:04 am Post subject: |
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Take plenty of exercise every day, and you will be full of _____.
A. strength B. energy
I think both make sense.
Am I right? |
The best answer is B. We normally say someone is full of energy. We just don't normally say someone is full of strength: we say they are strong. It's hard to say it's wrong, but it's odd. Few people would say it that way.
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I suppose reading this book will ____ your knowledge about animals.
A. add B. add to
Which one is better? Why? |
B is not only better, it is right and A is wrong. Nothing gray about this one: A is 100 percent wrong.
There are two slightly different phrases at work here.
1. to add to st: to increase it in some way; to make it larger in number, size, extent, importance, etc.
Ex. "Visiting the museum added to my knowledge of history."
2. to add st to st: to take A and add it to B; to include A in with B and consider them together as one.
Ex. "After Tommy beat Joe at a game of marbles, he added Joe's marbles to his own collection."
Now, consider your example with answer A:
"I suppose reading this book will add your knowledge about animals."
Here's the $64,000 question: Apparently, reading that book is going to add your knowledge about animals...to something. What will it add your knowledge about animals to?
Hope this makes sense.
Greg |
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