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John liao Posted 12 years ago
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accurate adj. or adv.? new concept english 2.95
'Oh, that,' said the Ambassador. 'Someone fired a shot through my office window. Accurate, don't you think?
"accurate" is a adj., how can it be used here, would "Accurately" be better?
"accurate" is a adj., how can it be used here, would "Accurately" be better?
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, how can it be used here It is a heavily elided clause: [The shot was] accurate, don't you think? john liao would "Accurately" be better? No; it took me more thinking to figure out how it fit into the utterance than 'accurate' did.
- , how can it be used here It is a heavily elided clause: [The shot was] accurate, don't you think?
- john liao would "Accurately" be better?
- No; it took me more thinking to figure out how it fit into the utterance than 'accurate' did.
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john liao"accurate" is a adj., how can it be used hereIt is a heavily elided clause: [The shot was] accurate, don't you think?
john liaowould "Accurately" be better?No; it took me more thinking to figure out how it fit into the utterance than 'accurate' did.
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