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Lcchang Posted 18 years ago
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A TOEIC Question

1font00Speaker 1:What did you do with the inventory sheets?02font02br
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01font00Speaker 2: 02br
00(A) They are on my desk.02br
00(B) We have not made the beds.02br
00(C) We came up with many new innovations.02font02br
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00The answer (A) is the correct answer according to the answer key.02br
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00I wonder if answer (A) has the similar meaning to " Where did you put the inventory sheets?".02br
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00And, Can I also say "What did you do 01font00to02font00 the inventory sheets?"? Please advise.0-
  

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02br 02br 00Doing something 01b 00to02b 00 the sheets would probably alter them in some way, though perhaps not. 02br 02br 00Placing them in the microwave would be doing something 01b 00with02b 00 them. 02br 02br 00Things you could do 01b 00to02b 00 them: tear them, erase them, color them, etc.

— Avangi

  • 02br 02br 00Doing something 01b 00to02b 00 the sheets would probably alter them in some way, though perhaps not.
  • 02br 02br 00Placing them in the microwave would be doing something 01b 00with02b 00 them.
  • 02br 02br 00Things you could do 01b 00to02b 00 them: tear them, erase them, color them, etc.
  • 02br 02br 00The more I think about it, the more things I come up with which could be either 01b 00to02b 00 or 01b 00with02b 00: I ran them through the shredder, folded them, copied them, burned them0-
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0Your first proposed question has the same meaning as Speaker 1's question, not Speaker 2's answer (A), I'm sure you realize that.02br
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00Doing something 01b00to02b00 the sheets would probably alter them in some way, though perhaps not. Doing something 01b00with02b00 them usually means putting them somewhere, but it's possib
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0They do make difference. Thanks.0-
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01cite10Lcchang12cite10What did you do with the inventory sheets?12blockquote
10 1. Idiomatic: Where did you put them? 2. Literal: What did you use them for?01blockquote
01cite10Lcchang12cite10What did you do 11font10to12font10
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