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Jeff_999 Posted 21 years ago
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The newborn human infant
The newborn human infant is not a passive figure, nor an active one, but what might be called an actively----one, eagerly attentive as it is to sights and sounds.
A. adaptive
B. selective
C. inquisitive
D. receptive
E. intuitive
Oh gosh! I got so many questions to ask today.
"The infant is eagerly attentive to sights and sounds."
Why "receptive" is okay, but "inquisitive" is not?! If you say "inquisitive" indicates "active", I would argue "receptive" suggests "passitive".
Thank you so much for your time.
A. adaptive
B. selective
C. inquisitive
D. receptive
E. intuitive
Oh gosh! I got so many questions to ask today.
"The infant is eagerly attentive to sights and sounds."
Why "receptive" is okay, but "inquisitive" is not?! If you say "inquisitive" indicates "active", I would argue "receptive" suggests "passitive".
Thank you so much for your time.
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Hello Jeff Yes, it is tricky. Two qualities are excluded (active and passive); but then the first is reinstated in adverbial form (actively). This suggests that the two excluded qualities are both to be reinstated, but in a novel combination.
- Hello Jeff Yes, it is tricky.
- Two qualities are excluded (active and passive); but then the first is reinstated in adverbial form (actively).
- This suggests that the two excluded qualities are both to be reinstated, but in a novel combination.
- The natural choice would be "passive", to give "actively passive": the closest to "passive" is "receptive".
- ) But I've no doubt a good case could be made for other choices.
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Hello Jeff
Yes, it is tricky. Two qualities are excluded (active and passive); but then the first is reinstated in adverbial form (actively). This suggests that the two excluded qualities are both to be reinstated, but in a novel combination. The natural choice would be "passive", to give "actively passive": the closest to "passive" is "receptive".
(We can exclude "inquis
Yes, it is tricky. Two qualities are excluded (active and passive); but then the first is reinstated in adverbial form (actively). This suggests that the two excluded qualities are both to be reinstated, but in a novel combination. The natural choice would be "passive", to give "actively passive": the closest to "passive" is "receptive".
(We can exclude "inquis
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MrPedanticHello Jeff
Yes, it is tricky. Two qualities are excluded (active and passive); but then the first is reinstated in adverbial form (actively). This suggests that the two excluded qualities are both to be reinstated, but in a novel combination. The natural choice would be "passive", to give "actively passive": the closest to "passive" is
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