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Malcontents or discontents?
a sentence completion quesiton:
A lot of people are never satisfied with anything anybody does for them. They complain endlessly and then do not understand when they find themselves branded as and left all alone when they finally really need help.
(A) malcontents
(B) discontents
(C) incontinent
(D) hypocrites
What's the answer? I can't find a clear distinction between "malcontent" and "discontent."
Your help is much appreciated.
A lot of people are never satisfied with anything anybody does for them. They complain endlessly and then do not understand when they find themselves branded as and left all alone when they finally really need help.
(A) malcontents
(B) discontents
(C) incontinent
(D) hypocrites
What's the answer? I can't find a clear distinction between "malcontent" and "discontent."
Your help is much appreciated.
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[nq:1]a sentence completion quesiton: A lot of people are never satisfied with anything anybody does for them. They complain endlessly ... malcontents (B) discontents (C) incontinent (D) hypocrites What's the answer?
- [nq:1]a sentence completion quesiton: A lot of people are never satisfied with anything anybody does for them.
- They complain endlessly ...
- malcontents (B) discontents (C) incontinent (D) hypocrites What's the answer?
- "[/nq] There is so little difference that COD10 defines "malcontent" as: malcontent /"malk@ntEnt/ · n.
- a discontented person.
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[nq:1]a sentence completion quesiton: A lot of people are never satisfied with anything anybody does for them. They complain endlessly ... malcontents (B) discontents (C) incontinent (D) hypocrites What's the answer? I can't find a clear distinction between "malcontent" and "discontent."[/nq]
There is so little difference that COD10 defines "malcontent" as: malcontent /"malk@ntEnt/
· n. a
There is so little difference that COD10 defines "malcontent" as: malcontent /"malk@ntEnt/
· n. a
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Martin Ambuhl wrote on 05 May 2004:
[nq:2]a sentence completion quesiton: A lot of people are never ... I can't find a clear distinction between "malcontent" and "discontent."[/nq]
[nq:1]There is so little difference that COD10 defines "malcontent" as: malcontent /"malk@ntEnt/ · n. a discontented person. · adj. discontented; ... satisfaction," with the application to persons being a subsid
[nq:2]a sentence completion quesiton: A lot of people are never ... I can't find a clear distinction between "malcontent" and "discontent."[/nq]
[nq:1]There is so little difference that COD10 defines "malcontent" as: malcontent /"malk@ntEnt/ · n. a discontented person. · adj. discontented; ... satisfaction," with the application to persons being a subsid
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In our last episode,
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[nq:1]Martin Ambuhl wrote on 05 May 2004:[/nq]
[nq:2]There is so little difference that COD10 defines "malcontent" as: ... I am have discontent with the maker of this question.[/nq]
[nq:1]While I fully agree, I would like the answer to be "incontinent" because malconten
(Email Removed),
the lovely and talented CyberCypher
broadcast on alt.usage.english:
[nq:1]Martin Ambuhl wrote on 05 May 2004:[/nq]
[nq:2]There is so little difference that COD10 defines "malcontent" as: ... I am have discontent with the maker of this question.[/nq]
[nq:1]While I fully agree, I would like the answer to be "incontinent" because malconten
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[nq:2]a sentence completion quesiton: A lot of people are never ... I can't find a clear distinction between "malcontent" and "discontent."[/nq]
[nq:1]There is so little difference that COD10 defines "malcontent" as: malcontent /"malk@ntEnt/ · n. a discontented person. · adj. discontented; ... satisfaction," with the application to persons being a subsidiary use. I am have discontent with the
[nq:1]There is so little difference that COD10 defines "malcontent" as: malcontent /"malk@ntEnt/ · n. a discontented person. · adj. discontented; ... satisfaction," with the application to persons being a subsidiary use. I am have discontent with the
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[nq:1]Martin Ambuhl wrote on 05 May 2004:[/nq]
[nq:2]There is so little difference that COD10 defines "malcontent" as: ... I am have discontent with the maker of this question.[/nq]
[nq:1]While I fully agree, I would like the answer to be "incontinent" because malcontents and other discontented persons are emtionally incontinent: they just can't keep their personal *** private and have to
[nq:2]There is so little difference that COD10 defines "malcontent" as: ... I am have discontent with the maker of this question.[/nq]
[nq:1]While I fully agree, I would like the answer to be "incontinent" because malcontents and other discontented persons are emtionally incontinent: they just can't keep their personal *** private and have to
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Mike Lyle wrote on 05 May 2004:
[nq:2]Martin Ambuhl wrote on 05 May 2004: I would ... and have to run off at the mouth about it.[/nq]
[nq:1]Mais non! Malcontents are people, while discontents are abstract things. The difference is clear, and the legitimate subject of a ... instead of 'incontinent' as a distractor; but that would have made 'hypocrites' a weak option. Perhaps, then, 'inconti
[nq:2]Martin Ambuhl wrote on 05 May 2004: I would ... and have to run off at the mouth about it.[/nq]
[nq:1]Mais non! Malcontents are people, while discontents are abstract things. The difference is clear, and the legitimate subject of a ... instead of 'incontinent' as a distractor; but that would have made 'hypocrites' a weak option. Perhaps, then, 'inconti
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[nq:1]Mais non! Malcontents are people, while discontents are abstract things.[/nq]
You are in error. Not only does your claim disagree with every major dictionary, but it is known to be false with anyone with even a basic liberal arts education.
Everyone but you is familiar with Freud's
Society and its Discontents . This is familiar enough a title that it has spawned a number of simil
You are in error. Not only does your claim disagree with every major dictionary, but it is known to be false with anyone with even a basic liberal arts education.
Everyone but you is familiar with Freud's
Society and its Discontents . This is familiar enough a title that it has spawned a number of simil
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[nq:2]Mais non! Malcontents are people, while discontents are abstract things.[/nq]
[nq:1]You are in error. Not only does your claim disagree with every major dictionary, but it is known to be ... Class and the Transformation of Masculinity, 1900-1930 Kathleen M. Woodward, Aging and Its Discontents: Freud and Other Fictions[/nq]
Judging simply by these titles, I would have deduced that "di
[nq:1]You are in error. Not only does your claim disagree with every major dictionary, but it is known to be ... Class and the Transformation of Masculinity, 1900-1930 Kathleen M. Woodward, Aging and Its Discontents: Freud and Other Fictions[/nq]
Judging simply by these titles, I would have deduced that "di
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[nq:2]There is so little difference that COD10 defines "malcontent" as: ... I am have discontent with the maker of this question.[/nq]
[nq:1]I'd choose "malcontents". The "mal" gives a feeling of a condition of perpetual discontentment. The "dis" in "discontents" gives a feeling of no longer being contented. I'd argue if either of the two was marked incorrect, though.[/nq]
At Division time
[nq:1]I'd choose "malcontents". The "mal" gives a feeling of a condition of perpetual discontentment. The "dis" in "discontents" gives a feeling of no longer being contented. I'd argue if either of the two was marked incorrect, though.[/nq]
At Division time
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[nq:2]Mais non! Malcontents are people, while discontents are abstract things.[/nq]
[nq:1]You are in error. Not only does your claim disagree with every major dictionary, but it is known to be ... Class and the Transformation of Masculinity, 1900-1930 Kathleen M. Woodward, Aging and Its Discontents: Freud and Other Fictions[/nq]
Good heavens! I thought Civilization and its Discontents was
[nq:1]You are in error. Not only does your claim disagree with every major dictionary, but it is known to be ... Class and the Transformation of Masculinity, 1900-1930 Kathleen M. Woodward, Aging and Its Discontents: Freud and Other Fictions[/nq]
Good heavens! I thought Civilization and its Discontents was
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