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Khoff Posted 21 years ago
Grammar

Jeff_999

Jeff_999 : analogies =

a) Sisyphus : rock

b) Hercules : stables

c) Pandora : box

d) raven : writing desk ???

Jeff - where do all these analogies come from? Have you been condemned to some sort of Purgatory that requires you to labor endlessly to solve an infinite number of analogies? (I'm not at all complaining about the postings -- I'm just curious!)
  

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I am sorry. What do you mean, Khoff? They are from the GRE (Graduate Record Examination) exercises.

  • I am sorry.
  • What do you mean, Khoff?
  • They are from the GRE (Graduate Record Examination) exercises.
  • It has so much fun I'd say, though some sentence completion questions really rack my brain.
  • I think it's a good way to relax after you've exerted all your efforts on theses.
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I am sorry. What do you mean, Khoff? They are from the GRE (Graduate Record Examination) exercises. It has so much fun I'd say, though some sentence completion questions really rack my brain. I think it's a good way to relax after you've exerted all your efforts on theses. I am sorry I really don't know what you mean. Does it cause any problem to you?
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I'm sorry, Jeff, I did not mean to worry you or offend you. Your postings do not cause me any problems. I was just trying (unsuccessfully) to be funny. I think I just have a strange reaction to analogies, because I once read a humorous parody of intelligence tests which presented meaningless analogies such as this:

dolphin : ashtray = starfish : (a) seaweed, (b)
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Hi Jeff_999,

I could see Khoff's message is just for fun, and I don't think anything is wrong with your analogy postings or khoff's comment.
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Thank you, Khoff. I feel relieved. I'd admit your previous post did have an "unhappy" effect on my mood, because I was always happy here learning and interacting with you teachers and I had no idea what kind of error I made that would make you feel 'uncomfortable'. Now that's alright. I understand what you meant.

Frankly, I'm really grateful to you teachers for helping me solve any
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Emotion: smile Okay, Jeff, I'm glad we straightened that out and you're not offended. (Also, Krish, thanks for your comment.) I'm also glad you
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I know! I know! Can others try, too?
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I had my hand up first, CJ.
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KhoffEmotion: smile Okay, Jeff, I'm glad we straightened that out and you're not offended. (Also, Krish, thanks for yo
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It's a margana. Please read in Arabian way.

paco
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Jeff_999 Actually it would be tougher if you remove a letter "s" from "rocks".

How so, Jeff?

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