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Gencebay90 Posted 18 years ago
Grammar

A Question From an Offical Exam

1b00An attempt to ---- a poem should never be made before the poem is well understood.02b02br
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00B) support 02br
00D) mean 02br
00C) determine 02br
00E) evaluate 02br
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01font00Again a vocabulary question from an offical exam in question. Could you please explain the choices one by one, pleasee ? 02font02br
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0A) You can't compare one thing. You have to compare one thing to another. 02br 00B) In the literal sense of "support", you can't hold up a poem; it's not a physical object.

— CalifJim

  • 0A) You can't compare one thing.
  • You have to compare one thing to another.
  • 02br 00B) In the literal sense of "support", you can't hold up a poem; it's not a physical object.
  • 02br 00B) In the figuative sense, you can support a candidate running for office or you can support the ideas of your boss when he argues for a certain approach on a project, but a poem is not something you can support; it's not a person or a system of ideas.
  • , 01i 00(What did you mean when you said that?
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0A) You can't compare one thing. You have to compare one thing to another. This won't work.02br
00B) In the literal sense of "support", you can't hold up a poem; it's not a physical object. This won't work.02br
00B) In the figuative sense, you can support a candidate running for office or you can support the ideas of your boss when he argues for a certain approach on
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0Great, CalifJim02br
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00Thanks a million 02br
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0Next time, pls post your choice first. 0-
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