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Yahyacan Posted 17 years ago
Vocabulary
A) habitually / methodically
For Friday's final exam, Sue ---- reviewed all of the material she had learned in her biology class from the beginning of the term to the end of it.
A) habitually
B) methodically
Which one is correct? Or can we use both?
A) habitually
B) methodically
Which one is correct? Or can we use both?
Top answer
Only B) makes sense. A) would typically describe some recurring pattern of behavior. Sue habitually rose at 5 AM to review the previous day's assignments.
- Only B) makes sense.
- A) would typically describe some recurring pattern of behavior.
- Sue habitually rose at 5 AM to review the previous day's assignments.
- Finals happen only once or twice a year.
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Only B) makes sense. A) would typically describe some recurring pattern of behavior. Sue habitually rose at 5 AM to review the previous day's assignments. Finals happen only once or twice a year.
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Because it means something different, and doesn't make sense in this context.
Habitually - doing something as matter of routine, doing something the way you usually do it (for example, Fred habitually tied his left shoelace before his right shoelace)
Methodically - systematically and in an efficient, ordered way (for example, Fred methodically snipped all the heads off the dead
Habitually - doing something as matter of routine, doing something the way you usually do it (for example, Fred habitually tied his left shoelace before his right shoelace)
Methodically - systematically and in an efficient, ordered way (for example, Fred methodically snipped all the heads off the dead
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The question writer probably felt he was locking out habitual by saying "from the beginning of the term to the end of it." It would be impossible to have formed a habit of reviewing material from the end of the term, when the end of the term had just occurred.
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