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Antonija Posted 16 years ago
Vocabulary

Opportune

Hi,
can you please check this sentence and see if opportune is OK here? Thank you.

It is an empirical study, but it is conducted on a small and opportune sample, so it cannot be generally applied.
  

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It's an interesting choice of word. Are you trying to make a veiled suggestion that the people carrying out the study deliberately chose a biased sample that would support their viewpoint? Or do you just mean that the sample by chance happened to support a particulatr viewpoint?

— Mr Wordy

  • It's an interesting choice of word.
  • Are you trying to make a veiled suggestion that the people carrying out the study deliberately chose a biased sample that would support their viewpoint?
  • Or do you just mean that the sample by chance happened to support a particulatr viewpoint?
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It's an interesting choice of word. Are you trying to make a veiled suggestion that the people carrying out the study deliberately chose a biased sample that would support their viewpoint? Or do you just mean that the sample by chance happened to support a particulatr viewpoint?
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Hi Mr Wordy. I think that author meant it happened by chance as you suggested.
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Antonija
Hi Mr Wordy. I think that author meant it happened by chance as you suggested.

Having ummed and erred about this one, my opinion now is that "opportune" is OK.
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Thank you Mr Wordy.
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