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Hello FP

I'll choose B.Why? It's too hard to explain. One sense of 'for' is 'in consideration of'.

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  Jack is rather tall for a boy of ten.
  


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  =Jack is rather tall considering that he is a boy of ten.
  

paco

Let me give it a try....

In my view, "as" is the answer.

Hello Celine,

Could you kindly tell me the reason the answer is not "for" but "as"?

paco

which one pls?

thank you.

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MrPedanticWhich do you think it is, Flying Pig?

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I think A & C both are right.

For me, I think "for" is quite good for me. It means "Jack is a boy of ten and he is pretty tall" . "as" here causes me a little confused (Jack is rather tall as a boy of ten), it seems standing for the same thing as "for". If we change the order of this sentence like this: As a boy of ten, Jack is rather tall", I think it is much better. Buy I am not sure the differece between "Jack is ra

Hi ,

I think 'b' is probably the expected answer, but I think 'c' is also possible in the right context.

Best wishes, Clive

I don't think Google's majority always gives a best answer. But ....

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  She is rather tall as a woman. ZERO hit
  


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  She is rather tall for a woman. 37 hits.
  


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  She is rather tall to a woman. ZERO hit
  

Clive, what kind of context could you give to "He is rather tall to a boy of ten"?
pac

I don't think Google's majority always gives a best answer. But ....

• 
  
  She is rather tall as a woman. ZERO hit
  


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  She is rather tall for a woman. 37 hits.
  


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  She is rather tall to a woman. ZERO hit
  

Clive, what kind of context could you give to "He is rather tall to a boy of ten"?
pac