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Jeff_999 Posted 21 years ago
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Pillory: a medieval punishment
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00 A: challenge: overcome 02 br
00 B: reward: praise 02 br
00 B: control: contain 02 br
00 D: persuade: convince 02 br
00 E: punish: pillory" 02 br
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00 Again, the analogy question requires us to choose a pair which expresses a relationship most similar to the one expressed in the capitalized pair. 02 br
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00 To me, D is better. Because this question fits in the "degree-of-intensity" category of analogy questions. The second word expresses a idea which is stronger, and more tense than the first one. 02 br
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00 But what about the choice E. 0-
00 A: challenge: overcome 02 br
00 B: reward: praise 02 br
00 B: control: contain 02 br
00 D: persuade: convince 02 br
00 E: punish: pillory" 02 br
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00 Again, the analogy question requires us to choose a pair which expresses a relationship most similar to the one expressed in the capitalized pair. 02 br
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00 To me, D is better. Because this question fits in the "degree-of-intensity" category of analogy questions. The second word expresses a idea which is stronger, and more tense than the first one. 02 br
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00 But what about the choice E. 0-
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0 I thought it was B. (The first B 05 0 00 ) 02 br 02 br 00 You admonish someone directly. You denounce that person to others.
- 0 I thought it was B.
- (The first B 05 0 00 ) 02 br 02 br 00 You admonish someone directly.
- You denounce that person to others.
- 02 br 00 You reward someone directly.
- You praise that person to others.
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0 I thought it was B. (The first B 05 0 00 ) 02 br
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00 You admonish someone directly. You denounce that person to others. 02 br
00 You reward someone directly. You praise that person to others. 02 br
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00 You admonish someone directly. You denounce that person to others. 02 br
00 You reward someone directly. You praise that person to others. 02 br
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0 :-s Dear CalifJim, are you telling me the question is ridiculous? 02 br
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00 But, what about E? 02 br
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00 Denounce is to admonish/reprove harshly and openly; 02 br
00 Pillory is to punish/scorn in public/openly and harshly. 02 br
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00 And D? The second word expresses a degree of intensity stronger than the first one. 0
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00 But, what about E? 02 br
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00 Denounce is to admonish/reprove harshly and openly; 02 br
00 Pillory is to punish/scorn in public/openly and harshly. 02 br
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00 And D? The second word expresses a degree of intensity stronger than the first one. 0
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0 I'm with Jim. 02 br
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00 It has to be B... 02 br
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00 It has to be B... 02 br
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0 :-s But you didn't give me the reason why D and E are incorrect. 0-
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0 jeff, 02 br
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00 No, I'm not telling you the question is ridiculous. I don't know what gave you that idea. 02 br
00 Sometimes the idea is not so much to pick the one correct answer as it is to pick the best of several correct (or at least plausible) answers. 02 br
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00 These aren't easy, and I don't think I can explain in any detail why B. s
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00 No, I'm not telling you the question is ridiculous. I don't know what gave you that idea. 02 br
00 Sometimes the idea is not so much to pick the one correct answer as it is to pick the best of several correct (or at least plausible) answers. 02 br
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00 These aren't easy, and I don't think I can explain in any detail why B. s
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05 0 00 Here's the why. 02 br
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00 On the previous analogy questions, you teachers sometimes would give me a different answer from a different viewpoint. So I supposed they might think these
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10 No, I'm not telling you the question is ridiculous. I don't know what gave you that idea. 12 blockquote
05 0 00 Here's the why. 02 br
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00 On the previous analogy questions, you teachers sometimes would give me a different answer from a different viewpoint. So I supposed they might think these
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0 And thank you so much for the explanation. I got it completely now. 05 0 010id 1
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WIE ALT BIST DU?
ICH BON VON GERMAN
SPRICHST DU GERMAN?
THIS SITE SHOULD BE PUT INTO GERMAN AS WELL I DONTT NO MUCH GERMAN SORRY
AUF WIEDERSAHEN
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