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Anonymous Posted 12 years ago
Grammar
Multiple Choice
Hi teachers,
Here is a question prepared by professional test makers:
When compared with petrol, hydrogen is ---- clean and does not produce carbon emissions when it is burned.
A) severely
B) fundamentally
C) promptly
D) gradually
E) relatively
Of course the correct answer is oprion E. But why not option B? What makes it incorrect in this context? Thank you.
Here is a question prepared by professional test makers:
When compared with petrol, hydrogen is ---- clean and does not produce carbon emissions when it is burned.
A) severely
B) fundamentally
C) promptly
D) gradually
E) relatively
Of course the correct answer is oprion E. But why not option B? What makes it incorrect in this context? Thank you.
Top answer
Because petrol is being compared with hydrogen in respect of cleanliness.
- Because petrol is being compared with hydrogen in respect of cleanliness.
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Because petrol is being compared with hydrogen in respect of cleanliness.
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vsureshHi tamguatlayI am thinking if we can use "cleaner" here.I agree. I think "cleaner" should have been used.
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Wait ! I don't think "cleaner" can work from a semantic point of view. Cleaner means less emission than petro. But everyone knows, petro products are heavily responsible for air pollution. So if we use cleaner it will imply less emission, perhaps cleaner, however, contradict the original sentence " ....no emission..".
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Did something go wrong ? I didn't have the "strike-out " lines in my reply when I posted ?
grammarfreakWait ! I don't think "cleaner" can work from a semantic point of view. Cleaner means less emission than petro. But everyone knows, petro products are heavily responsible for air pollution. So if we use cleaner it will imply l
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grammarfreakDid something go wrong ?No. You had some punctuation that the editor takes to mean the same as a strike-out.
If you place a hyphen immediately before and after a string of text with no spaces, everything between is taken as a strike-out.
Here I make a strikeout by doing the same. Like this: (strikeout) with two hyphens instead
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Thanks CJ. For the life of me, I looked what I posted. I am not able to see any punctuation issue as you described. Perhaps I missed something. Can you help point it out ? Thanks.
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You wrote this text with hyphens where the red plus signs are shown:
... Cleaner +means less emission than petro. But everyone knows, petro products are heavily responsible for air pollution. So if we use cleaner+ it will imply ...
CJ
... Cleaner +means less emission than petro. But everyone knows, petro products are heavily responsible for air pollution. So if we use cleaner+ it will imply ...
CJ
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Thanks CJ. But I didn't see any hyphen in my earlier post where your red cross are inserted. Anyway, I didn't know that and I'll keep that in mind. Appreciate it!
... Cleaner +means less emission than
... Cleaner +means less emission than
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