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Wangqh2696122 Posted 13 years ago
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This multiple choice is from a test paper. The answer is D.
I simply cannot understand what the first speaker means by “more serious”. Can anyone please tell me whether it is correctly used?
--- Do you have anything more serious for us to do next?
--- _______. You are already working on five projects and your team has only four people.
A. It takes no time B. It counts for nothing
C. It doesn’t hurt to ask. D. It doesn’t make sense
I simply cannot understand what the first speaker means by “more serious”. Can anyone please tell me whether it is correctly used?
--- Do you have anything more serious for us to do next?
--- _______. You are already working on five projects and your team has only four people.
A. It takes no time B. It counts for nothing
C. It doesn’t hurt to ask. D. It doesn’t make sense
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Well, first, none of the 4 answers makes any sense. The responses all appear to be non sequiturs. Whoever wrote the question is not a native English speaker, in fact probably does not speak the language at all.
- Well, first, none of the 4 answers makes any sense.
- The responses all appear to be non sequiturs.
- Whoever wrote the question is not a native English speaker, in fact probably does not speak the language at all.
- 'More serious' = less superficial or less humorous.
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Well, first, none of the 4 answers makes any sense. The responses all appear to be non sequiturs. Whoever wrote the question is not a native English speaker, in fact probably does not speak the language at all.
'More serious' = less superficial or less humorous.
'More serious' = less superficial or less humorous.
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This multiple choice is from a test paper. The answer is D.
I simply cannot understand what the first speaker means by “more serious”. Can anyone please tell me whether it is correctly used? Anything more important, anything less frivolous/ less trivi
I simply cannot understand what the first speaker means by “more serious”. Can anyone please tell me whether it is correctly used? Anything more important, anything less frivolous/ less trivi
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I am guessing that the idea is that one person says the "Do you have ..." sentence, and a second person answers with the blank and "You are already ...." If so, none of it makes sense. None of the four choices is a possible rejoinder.
I have a feeling that whoever wrote the test question thought that "more serious" meant something other than what it does mean. I read it as it stands to me
I have a feeling that whoever wrote the test question thought that "more serious" meant something other than what it does mean. I read it as it stands to me
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"More serious" implies that the speaker perceives the tasks he or she has been working on as frivolous, menial or unimportant. He or she wishes to do something with more gravitas or significance. Now that doesn't mean the previous tasks actually were menial, just that the speaker perceived them as such.
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