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Anonymous Posted 18 years ago
Grammar

Little help!!

"High definition" means HDTV, which offers viewers unparalleled picture clarity, and it makes a lot of familiar on-air personalities suddenly look like drag queens or Frankenstein monsters (the curse of traditional stage makeup) or "High definition" means HDTV, which offers viewers unparalleled picture clarity, and it makes a lot of familiar on-air personalities suddenly look like drag queens or Frankenstein monsters (the curse of traditional stage makeup) or pock-marked teenagers (what traditional stage makeup used to ). pock-marked teenagers (what traditional stage makeup used to cover).

Now, my question to you, highly qualified English Coaches, is: what does ''familiar'' ,here, mean?

a-A close friend or associate

b- An attendant spirit, often taking animal form.

c-One who performs domestic service in the household of a high official.

d- person who frequents a place.

I'd go for option B, but I'm not sure it's the right answer.

Thanks in advance. =)
  

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Anon, you need the adjective definitions of familiar, not the noun ones. com/dictionary Main Entry: 2 familiar Function: adjective Etymology: Middle English familier, from Anglo-French, from Latin familiaris, from familia Date: 14th century 1 : closely acquainted : intimate <a familiar family friend> 2 obsolete : affable sociable 3 a : of or relating to a family <remembering past familiar celebrations> b : frequented by families <a familiar resort>4 a : being free and easy <the familiar association of old friends> b : marked by informality <a familiar essay> c : overly free and unrestrained : presumptuous <grossly familiar behavior> d : moderately tame < familiar animals>5 a : frequently seen or experienced : easily recognized <a familiar theme> b : of everyday occurrence <a familiar routine> c : possibly known but imperfectly remembered <her face looked familiar >6 : having personal or intimate knowledge —used with with < familiar with the facts of the case> synonyms see common

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  • Anon, you need the adjective definitions of familiar, not the noun ones.
  • com/dictionary Main Entry: 2 familiar Function: adjective Etymology: Middle English familier, from Anglo-French, from Latin familiaris, from familia Date: 14th century 1 : closely acquainted : intimate <a familiar family friend> 2 obsolete : affable sociable 3 a : of or relating to a family <remembering past familiar celebrations> b : frequented by families <a familiar resort>4 a : being free and easy <the familiar association of old friends> b : marked by informality <a familiar essay> c : overly free and unrestrained : presumptuous <grossly familiar behavior> d : moderately tame < familiar animals>5 a : frequently seen or experienced : easily recognized <a familiar theme> b : of everyday occurrence <a familiar routine> c : possibly known but imperfectly remembered <her face looked familiar >6 : having personal or intimate knowledge —used with with < familiar with the facts of the case> synonyms see common
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Anon, you need the adjective definitions of familiar, not the noun ones.

http://www.m-w.com/dictionary

Main Entry:
2familiar
Function:
adjective
Etymology:
Middle English fami
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Alright, now I understand it's an adjetive,

So, what would be the meaning of the sentence,now? how would intimate fit in there?

Thanks again,

=)
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Familiar means "well-known" in this sentence. Familiar personalities on TV would be like the newscaster you see every day or a sports figure that you are well acquainted with. This HDTV distorts the faces of these people, making them seem unreal.
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