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Anonymous Posted 17 years ago
Grammar
A Comprehension Question
Sir, I was halfway through Professor Raj Persaud’s article “What’s the tipping point”(Financial Times Weekend , April9—10) when it occurred to me that what I was reading was not ironic(???). If Prof Persaud wants to know why Americans tip in restaurants, he need only ask the first American he meets in London.
Americans tip in restaurants for one reason, and one reason only:we tip to supplement(??)the salary of restaurant workers. Quality of service does not enter into it, beyond the fact that one may tip a bit less for poor service, or a little more for good service.
Not tipping at all in a non-fast –food restaurant is not a choice. In the US, one used to tip about 15 per cent for dining in a family-style restaurant or in an upmarket(???)restaurant. Here, in San Francisco Bay area restaurants, we are encouraged to tip 20 per cent or more, to help restaurant workers live in this very expensive area.
After eating at an Italian restaurant in my city, I left a tip of 20 per cent on the non-tax part of our dinner bill. It was expected. There is nothing more complicated(???)than that about Americans tipping in restaurants.
Ward Hoffman,
Palo Alto, CA 94306, US
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What can we learn from Hoffman’s letter?
A. Quality of service determines tipping in the US.
B. Americans don’t tip in non-fast-food restaurants.
C. How to tip in the United States is not complicated.
D. How to tip in the United States is not complicated.
Americans tip in restaurants for one reason, and one reason only:we tip to supplement(??)the salary of restaurant workers. Quality of service does not enter into it, beyond the fact that one may tip a bit less for poor service, or a little more for good service.
Not tipping at all in a non-fast –food restaurant is not a choice. In the US, one used to tip about 15 per cent for dining in a family-style restaurant or in an upmarket(???)restaurant. Here, in San Francisco Bay area restaurants, we are encouraged to tip 20 per cent or more, to help restaurant workers live in this very expensive area.
After eating at an Italian restaurant in my city, I left a tip of 20 per cent on the non-tax part of our dinner bill. It was expected. There is nothing more complicated(???)than that about Americans tipping in restaurants.
Ward Hoffman,
Palo Alto, CA 94306, US
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What can we learn from Hoffman’s letter?
A. Quality of service determines tipping in the US.
B. Americans don’t tip in non-fast-food restaurants.
C. How to tip in the United States is not complicated.
D. How to tip in the United States is not complicated.
Top answer
Hi, So, which answers do you think are correct? Clive
- Hi, So, which answers do you think are correct?
- Clive
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Hi,
We learn that D is Hoffman's opinion, and that A and B are not his opinion.
The reader may not necessarily agree with Hoffman's assessment of the situation.
I assume that either C or D is a typo, since they are identical.
Best wishes, Clive
We learn that D is Hoffman's opinion, and that A and B are not his opinion.
The reader may not necessarily agree with Hoffman's assessment of the situation.
I assume that either C or D is a typo, since they are identical.
Best wishes, Clive
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Sorry,wrongly typed. C should be:C. How to tip in the United States is not complicated.
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That still makes C and D identical. You changed nothing.
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That still makes C and D identical. You changed nothing.
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Sorry,I pasted it incorrectly. C should be:C. How to tip in the United States is very complicated.
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You are right. The given answer is D. Can you explain it? On what do you base the answer? How do you understand the sentence "There is nothing more complicated than that about Americans tipping in restaurants."? Is it related to the answer? Thank you!
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Yes, that sentence is related to the answer. In your sentence. 'that' refers to the information in the previous paragraoh and its own paragraph (re: 15%-20%), which is an uncomplicated answer.
(Keep in mind when you do this sort of test question that you need to find the answer stated or implied in the text; your own opinion is irrelevant.)
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Yes, that sentence is related to the answer. In your sentence. 'that' refers to the information in the previous paragraoh and its own paragraph (re: 15%-20%), which is an uncomplicated answer.
(Keep in mind when you do this sort of test question that you need to find the answer stated or implied in the text; your own opinion is irrelevant.)
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