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Lcchang Posted 20 years ago
Grammar

A multiple choices question please

Sources for start-up capital for new businesses ____ include personal savings.

A) seldom
B) ever
C) rare
D) usually

The correct answer is A).

My questions are as follows:

  1. What does this sentence mean? Especially about "Sources for start-up capital for new businesses".
  2. If the success does include personal savings, can D) be a right answer? Why or why not?


    3. Please advise.

    LCChang
  

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Lcchang Success for start-up capital for new businesses ____ include personal savings. A) seldom B) ever C) rare D) usually The correct answer is A). My questions are as follows: What does this sentence mean?

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  • Lcchang Success for start-up capital for new businesses ____ include personal savings.
  • A) seldom B) ever C) rare D) usually The correct answer is A).
  • My questions are as follows: What does this sentence mean?
  • Especially about " Success for start-up capital for new businesses ".
  • If the success does include personal savings, can D) be a right answer?
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LcchangSuccess for start-up capital for new businesses ____ include personal savings.

A) seldom
B) ever
C) rare
D) usually

The correct answer is A).

My questions are as follows:

  1. What does this sentence mean? Especially abo
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I am terribly sorry. It should be sources, not success.

Thanks for your good eye.

LCChang
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'Usually' can be an answer here, and it gives the opposite meaning of what the sentence with 'seldom' suggests.
Success of start-up capital... .
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Inchoateknowledge'Usually' can be an answer here, and it gives the opposite meaning of what the sentence with 'seldom' suggests.

Sorry, I changed a word in the sentence, so can you take a look at it one more time?

LCChang
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With 'sources' A and D, and as regards 'success', A and D again, but success of , not for.
But with 'success' the sentence is incoherent.
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I think the 'success' here is a typo. She has corrected the word to "Sources".

Personally I think the logical answer is A, but D also acceptable gramatically . So both answers should be OK.

Just my two cents.
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Sources for start-up capital for new businesses ____ include personal savings.

A) seldom
B) ever
C) rare
D) usually

The correct answer is A).

My questions are as follows:

  1. What does this sentence mean? Especially about "Sources
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OK. I see. I think only those who are in the know of doing business can know the difference. Thanks for your help. BTW, it doesn't have a reading section.

LCChang
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Then it is a very, very poor choice for an English test. The answer could be either. Many people WOULD say they used their savings to launch their business, so I don't know why the person who created the test would presume that it should say "seldom."
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