Contary to?
"........ safety guidelines for this building, which are clearly sensible, the fire escape doors are often blocked or locked."
A- contary to
B- owing to
C- because
I said B but the correct answer is A. I couldn't understand why. Could you explain it?
Top answer
Owing to safety guidelines for this building, which are clearly sensible, the fire escape doors are often blocked or locked.. This means that the safety guidelines say that the doors should be locked or blocked. This clearly makes no sense.
- Owing to safety guidelines for this building, which are clearly sensible, the fire escape doors are often blocked or locked..
- This means that the safety guidelines say that the doors should be locked or blocked.
- This clearly makes no sense.
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Owing to safety guidelines for this building, which are clearly sensible, the fire escape doors are often blocked or locked..
This means that the safety guidelines say that the doors should be locked or blocked. This clearly makes no sense.
0anonymous"........ safety guidelines for this building, which are clearly sensible, the fire escape doors are often blocked or locked."
The fire escape doors are often blocked or locked.
Is that safe for the people in the building?
Do the safety rules say that these doors must be locked?
No, it is just the opposite! "Contrary to" means "n
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