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Contraposition Posted 11 years ago
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This is a TOEIC exercise.
W Airlines has announced that it will ___ the $15 baggage fee for members of its Sky Flyer Club.
The answer is 'waive'
Why is 'cost' not the answer?
W Airlines has announced that it will ___ the $15 baggage fee for members of its Sky Flyer Club.
The answer is 'waive'
Why is 'cost' not the answer?
Top answer
The sentence doesn't read good with cost, plus it has a different meaning. W Airlines has announced that it will cost the $15 baggage fee for members of its Sky Flyer Club. But, when you use 'waive', it means Sky Flyer Club members are no longer required to pay the baggage fee, which is the intended meaning.
- The sentence doesn't read good with cost, plus it has a different meaning.
- W Airlines has announced that it will cost the $15 baggage fee for members of its Sky Flyer Club.
- But, when you use 'waive', it means Sky Flyer Club members are no longer required to pay the baggage fee, which is the intended meaning.
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The sentence doesn't read good with cost, plus it has a different meaning.
W Airlines has announced that it will cost the $15 baggage fee for members of its Sky Flyer Club.
But, when you use 'waive', it means Sky Flyer Club members are no longer required to pay the baggage fee, which is the intended meaning.
W Airlines has announced that it will cost the $15 baggage fee for members of its Sky Flyer Club.
But, when you use 'waive', it means Sky Flyer Club members are no longer required to pay the baggage fee, which is the intended meaning.
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Why doesn't the sentence read good with cost? Since 'cost' is not the answer, who wouldn't know that?
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I don't know how I should explain that, but the structure seems rather odd.
W Airlines has announced that it will cost $15 for baggage free for members of its Sky Flyer Club.
W Airlines has announced that members of its Sky Flyer Club will pay 15$ for baggage free.
However, note that the meaning is different.
W Airlines has announced that it will cost $15 for baggage free for members of its Sky Flyer Club.
W Airlines has announced that members of its Sky Flyer Club will pay 15$ for baggage free.
However, note that the meaning is different.
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"Cost" doesn't work like that. I think the word you're looking for is "charge".
W Airlines has announced that it will waive the $15 baggage fee for members of its Sky Flyer Club.
W Airlines has announced that it will charge the $15 baggage fee to members of its Sky Flyer Club.
W Airlines has announced that it will waive the $15 baggage fee for members of its Sky Flyer Club.
W Airlines has announced that it will charge the $15 baggage fee to members of its Sky Flyer Club.
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contrapositionW Airlines has announced that it will ___ the $15 baggage fee for members of its Sky Flyer Club.The only possibility for "cost" is this:
W Airlines has announced that it will cost $15 to check baggage.
"Cost a fee" is not natural.
Other verbs:
W Airlines has announced that members of its Sky Flyer Club wi
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