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Yulysess Posted 21 years ago
Grammar

Adverb or adjective

0Could anyone try to answer the question below, please ? Is the answer "c" or "e" ? 02br
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00Surviving a crisis depends upon a.........and well thought-out-plan and a commitment to.........communication with the public throughout the crisis. 02br
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00a)throughly/continual 02br
00b)thorough/continuously 02br
00c)thorough/continuous 02br
00d)thorough/ continual 02br
00e)thoroughly/continuous 02br
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communication with the public throughout the crisis. 02br 02br 00I'd pick c (without the hyphen). 02br 02br 00Of course, one can argue that "thoroughly" and "well" both modify "thought out", but that seems a tad redundant to me.

— Julielai

  • communication with the public throughout the crisis.
  • 02br 02br 00I'd pick c (without the hyphen).
  • 02br 02br 00Of course, one can argue that "thoroughly" and "well" both modify "thought out", but that seems a tad redundant to me.
  • Isn't a well thought out plan also a thoroughly thought out plan?
  • 02br 02br 00This is just my 2 cents.
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0 Hi yulysess, 02br
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00Do you mean to write: 02br
00Surviving a crisis depends upon a.........and well thought-out (*no hyphen) plan and a commitment to.........communication with the public throughout the crisis. 02br
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00I'd pick c (without the hyphen). 02br
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00Of course, one can argue that "thoroughly" and "we
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0 Hi julielai, 02br
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00Thanks for your care. One more vocabulary question; 02br
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00The president began the session with a.......to the soldiers and civilians who had died in Iraq. 02br
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00a)tribute 02br
00b)salute 02br
00c)greeting 02br
00d)welcome 02br
00e)remark 02br
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0 Hello, 02br
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00I would find it extremely difficult to greet dead soldiers... So I'd choose "a". 0-
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0 thanks pieanne 0-
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0 The difficulty on the first post is the choice between 'c' and 'd', with the choice between 'continuous' and 'continual' being debatable. I vote for 'd'. 02br
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00I believe 'continuous' has the connotation of 'uninterrupted', and 'continual' the connotation of 'ongoing'. They are both adjectives. 02br
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00'e' is awkward. "..a thoroughly and we
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0 I guess that correct answer is E. But I'm not sure about it. It is the most probable answer. 0-
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