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Teo Posted 20 years ago
Grammar

shelf, rack

I have bought some pork and lemons. They are on the bottom of the ____. (A) shelf (B) rack

Which choice is correct?
  

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Teo I have bought some pork and lemons. They are on the bottom of the ____. " In my vocabulary, a "shelf" is a horizontal plane suspended between two support racks attached to a wall, for the purpose of laying something on it.

— Philip

  • Teo I have bought some pork and lemons.
  • They are on the bottom of the ____.
  • " In my vocabulary, a "shelf" is a horizontal plane suspended between two support racks attached to a wall, for the purpose of laying something on it.
  • A "rack" is a horizontal cylinder between two supports for the purpose of hanging something.
  • Here, you would want 'shelf', however I would eliminate the highlighted words.
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Teo
I have bought some pork and lemons. They are on the bottom of the ____. (A) shelf (B) rack

Which choice is correct?"
In my vocabulary, a "shelf" is a horizontal plane suspended between two support racks attached to a wall, for the purpose of laying something on it. A "rack" is a horizontal cylinder between tw
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A shelf is just a single 'shelf'.

A rack has many shelves.

You would find something at the bottom of a rack, not the bottom of a shelf.

See the pic in the last post - there are 6 shelves in this rack.
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Agreed. In the original question, we have “at the bottom of the”, the answer must be “rack”.

If we don’t have “of the”, then the answer will be “shelf”

I have bought some pork and lemons. They are on the bottom of the rack__.

I have bought some pork and lemons. They are on the
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