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Lcchang Posted 20 years ago
Grammar
Risen/ Increased
Salaries must be ___ if we are to remain competitive.
A) ascended
B) increased
C) escalated
D) risen
The correct answer is B). I wonder why D) can't be right? Please advise.
LCChang
A) ascended
B) increased
C) escalated
D) risen
The correct answer is B). I wonder why D) can't be right? Please advise.
LCChang
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Hi, Salaries must be ___ if we are to remain competitive. B) increased D) risen The correct answer is B). I wonder why D) can't be right?
- Hi, Salaries must be ___ if we are to remain competitive.
- B) increased D) risen The correct answer is B).
- I wonder why D) can't be right?
- Please advise.
- You can increase something but you can't rise something.
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Hi,
Salaries must be ___ if we are to remain competitive.
B) increased
D) risen
The correct answer is B). I wonder why D) can't be right? Please advise.
You can increase something but you can't rise something. However, you
Salaries must be ___ if we are to remain competitive.
B) increased
D) risen
The correct answer is B). I wonder why D) can't be right? Please advise.
You can increase something but you can't rise something. However, you
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I see. But, I checked the Longman Contemporary English which says :
rise1 S2 W1 /raûz/ past tense rose /rë|z $ ro|z/, past participle risen /"rûzÊn/ [intransitive]
1. increase to increase in number, amount, or value [= go up; ? fall]
What about that? Please advise.
LCChang
rise1 S2 W1 /raûz/ past tense rose /rë|z $ ro|z/, past participle risen /"rûzÊn/ [intransitive]
1. increase to increase in number, amount, or value [= go up; ? fall]
What about that? Please advise.
LCChang
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Hi again,
Look up 'raise', too.
'Rise' is intransitive, so something cannot be 'risen'.
Best wishes, Clive
Look up 'raise', too.
'Rise' is intransitive, so something cannot be 'risen'.
Best wishes, Clive
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Well, someone cannot "rise" something else. Poets might refer to "the risen sun."
(Although my kids have a different verb - higher. They figure if something needs to be lower, you lower it, so if something needs to be higher, you higher it. (This was in reference to a swing that had them dragging their feet on the ground.) I tried telling them it was "raise" but they persist in using "hig
(Although my kids have a different verb - higher. They figure if something needs to be lower, you lower it, so if something needs to be higher, you higher it. (This was in reference to a swing that had them dragging their feet on the ground.) I tried telling them it was "raise" but they persist in using "hig
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Hi,
With regard to the swing, it means a child is swinging on the swing but his/her feet are scraping across the ground (because the swing is not high enough).
Best wishes, Clive
With regard to the swing, it means a child is swinging on the swing but his/her feet are scraping across the ground (because the swing is not high enough).
Best wishes, Clive
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LcchangWhat is "dragging their feet on the ground"? Thanks.Also, on a side note, "dragging one's feet" means intentionally slowing down a process or unwilling to move forward. e.g. He's been dragging his feet on the progress report for over 3 weeks.
LCChang
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