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Lcchang Posted 14 years ago
Grammar

Multiple Choice Question

The baseball game is ____________________.
A) in the morning ten o'clock
B) on Saturday in the afternoon
C) at two p.m. in the afternoon
D) at eleven on Thursday night
The answer key says D is the best choice, but I am very opposed to that. A baseball game starts at eleven o'clock before midnight? Grammatically it looks like no problem, but that really doesn't make any sense to me logically. I think C is much better than D. Does anyone agree? Please advise on this, thanks.
  

Top answer

It was a mistake for the test writer to choose an unlikely time, but do not let logic get in your way when taking grammar tests; choose the best grammatical answer. C is not possible because it is unnaturally redundant: 'pm' = 'afternoon'. The only other reasonable answer is B.

— Mister Micawber

  • It was a mistake for the test writer to choose an unlikely time, but do not let logic get in your way when taking grammar tests; choose the best grammatical answer.
  • C is not possible because it is unnaturally redundant: 'pm' = 'afternoon'.
  • The only other reasonable answer is B.
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It was a mistake for the test writer to choose an unlikely time, but do not let logic get in your way when taking grammar tests; choose the best grammatical answer.

C is not possible because it is unnaturally redundant: 'pm' = 'afternoon'. The only other reasonable answer is B.
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Lcchang Thank you for your advice. However, as a non-native speaker learning English at school, we are always asked to put the small time before the big one. Therefore, I think answer B may not be proper because Saturday is longer than afternoon. Why I choose C is that I have
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Your logic is not being tested; only your knowledge of grammar.
The answer is D (with B as runner-up).
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