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Jeff_999 Posted 21 years ago
Grammar
Sentence completion
That the new group was unable to weather its first staff meeting without evidence of the same ______ that its creation was intended to abolish did not _______ future harmony among coworkers.
A. cooperation . . ensure
B. facade . . realize
C. factions . . augur
D. diligence . . subdue
E. ventures . . suggest
From the key word "harmony", I can predict the answer would be "C. factions". But I failed to comprehend thewhole meaning of the sentence.
I see that the sentence can be rephrased as this:
"The failure of the new group to go through its first staff meeting whose purpose is to abolish factions did not argue future harmony."
But what does the author mean by "unable to weather the meeting without evidence of the same factions"? Since there is no evidence of fictions, how could it be possible it failed to weather the meeting? And where is "same" from?
Thank you so much for your time.
A. cooperation . . ensure
B. facade . . realize
C. factions . . augur
D. diligence . . subdue
E. ventures . . suggest
From the key word "harmony", I can predict the answer would be "C. factions". But I failed to comprehend thewhole meaning of the sentence.
I see that the sentence can be rephrased as this:
"The failure of the new group to go through its first staff meeting whose purpose is to abolish factions did not argue future harmony."
But what does the author mean by "unable to weather the meeting without evidence of the same factions"? Since there is no evidence of fictions, how could it be possible it failed to weather the meeting? And where is "same" from?
Thank you so much for your time.
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Hello, I think you have found the right answer, now to help you understand why... Augur means to fortell, predict for the future. So the meeting showed that there would not be future harmony among the co-workers.
- Hello, I think you have found the right answer, now to help you understand why...
- Augur means to fortell, predict for the future.
- So the meeting showed that there would not be future harmony among the co-workers.
- " Factions means the opposing groups, cliques,.
- The meeting was supposed to 'abolish factions' - stop the staff taking sides like this and work together.
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Hello,
I think you have found the right answer, now to help you understand why...
Augur means to fortell, predict for the future. So the meeting showed that there would not be future harmony among the co-workers.
"unable to weather the meeting with evidence of the same factions that its creation was intended to abolish." Factions means the opposing groups, cliques,. T
I think you have found the right answer, now to help you understand why...
Augur means to fortell, predict for the future. So the meeting showed that there would not be future harmony among the co-workers.
"unable to weather the meeting with evidence of the same factions that its creation was intended to abolish." Factions means the opposing groups, cliques,. T
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Thank you so much for your explaining.
but, it kinda twists our logical thinking, though it deduces the answer.
You see, they held a meeting, and the goal was to abolish factions. However, the meeting turned out to be futile (failed, busted...), because there was no conflict between co-workers. That means only with conflict can the meeting reach its goal.
but, it kinda twists our logical thinking, though it deduces the answer.
You see, they held a meeting, and the goal was to abolish factions. However, the meeting turned out to be futile (failed, busted...), because there was no conflict between co-workers. That means only with conflict can the meeting reach its goal.
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I can't follow your reasoning here.
the meeting failed because there WAS conflict between different groups of employees. It would have succeeded if they had all managed to get along and agree...
the meeting failed because there WAS conflict between different groups of employees. It would have succeeded if they had all managed to get along and agree...
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But the context is "the new group was unable to weather its first staff meeting without evidence of the same factions". Maybe my brain is not that flexible.
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Dear Jeff_999,
It is perhaps a badly written sentence
It does not mean «the new group was unable to get through its first staff meeting / because there was no evidence / of the same factions».
It means «the new group was unable to get through its first staff meeting / without a manifestation / of the same factions».
Or «during the meeting, there was a
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Maybe I just focused too much on "weather". Yeah, you're right. There was conflict during the meeting, since it says without the factions they were unable to get through the meeting. It is kinda like "enantiosis", hmm, I am not sure...
Anyway, thank you so much.
Anyway, thank you so much.
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Dear Jeff_999,
It is not the same as: «they were unable to get through the night without sleeping pills». This means they needed sleeping pills to get through the night.
It is: «they were unable to get through the meeting without there being conflict». This means «conflict interrupted the meeting».
Kind regards,
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