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Anonymous Posted 13 years ago
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Am I right?
If you keep you home, your car or any valuable (1) in excellent condition ,you’ll be saving money I the long run, Before you buy a new(2),talk to someone who owns one. If you can, use it or borrow it to check it suits your particular purpose. Before you buy an expensive (3), or a service ,do check the price and what is on offer.
The three words( appliance , possession, item) should be filled in which bracket correspondingly?
I think the order should be appliance, item, possession because car, home and appliance are all concrete examples given by the author while possession , service are all collective terms. Am I right? Thank you !
The three words( appliance , possession, item) should be filled in which bracket correspondingly?
I think the order should be appliance, item, possession because car, home and appliance are all concrete examples given by the author while possession , service are all collective terms. Am I right? Thank you !
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This is the most natural substitution: If you keep your home, your car or any valuable possession in excellent condition ,you’ll be saving money in the long run, Before you buy a new appliance , talk to someone who owns one. If you can, use it or borrow it to check that it suits your particular purpose. Before you buy an expensive item , or a service, do check the price and what is on offer.
- This is the most natural substitution: If you keep your home, your car or any valuable possession in excellent condition ,you’ll be saving money in the long run, Before you buy a new appliance , talk to someone who owns one.
- If you can, use it or borrow it to check that it suits your particular purpose.
- Before you buy an expensive item , or a service, do check the price and what is on offer.
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This is the most natural substitution:
If you keep your home, your car or any valuable possession in excellent condition ,you’ll be saving money in the long run, Before you buy a new appliance, talk to someone who owns one. If you can, use it or borrow it to check that it suits your particular purpose. Before you buy an expensive item, or a servic
If you keep your home, your car or any valuable possession in excellent condition ,you’ll be saving money in the long run, Before you buy a new appliance, talk to someone who owns one. If you can, use it or borrow it to check that it suits your particular purpose. Before you buy an expensive item, or a servic
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I don't get it ,why my answers are wrong , I think they make sense out of context.
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Anonymous I think they make sense out of context.Ah, but they are IN context, which makes all the difference!
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thank you, my mother tounge is not English , so I can't figure it out why the first one can't be filled with appliance, appliance can stand for TV and so on (household appliance), the " home" ;car" ;appliance" are all examples given by author.And for the second one , why not item? It is a collective term ,referring all kinds of products. To a foreigner , it is so tricky.
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There are three words, and three blanks. You cannot use a word more than one time. You have to use all three words.
Even though more than one word will work in a blank, you have to use the context to solve the problem.
If you keep your home, your car or any valuable possession (a possession is something you own. This sentence is talking about something you own and need to tak
Even though more than one word will work in a blank, you have to use the context to solve the problem.
If you keep your home, your car or any valuable possession (a possession is something you own. This sentence is talking about something you own and need to tak
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