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Omar Ahmed Posted 6 years ago
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A puzzling question

This tourist.......American as he has an English guidebook.

a) must be b) might be

I think bot 'a' & 'b' are correct. Am I right?

  

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I would choose only b) because there are so many countries where English is spoken. It's not a sure thing that the tourist is American, which is what a) suggests. The tourist could be American, British, or Australian, for example.

  • I would choose only b) because there are so many countries where English is spoken.
  • It's not a sure thing that the tourist is American, which is what a) suggests.
  • The tourist could be American, British, or Australian, for example.
  • CJ
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I would choose only b) because there are so many countries where English is spoken. It's not a sure thing that the tourist is American, which is what a) suggests. The tourist could be American, British, or Australian, for example.

CJ

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