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Maple Posted 19 years ago
Grammar

Violence...taken....or cost

0Violence in this factory has ___________five lives.02br
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00A removed B taken C cost D slaughtered02br
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00Is C the only correct answer?02br
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00Thank you in advance!02br
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00(All the questions are from an sample of 01i00Test For English Majors-Grade Four02i00)0-
  

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0 Would "taken" be wrong there?0-
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0I think it's OK...02br
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00You don't remove or slaughter a life, and, if you use "cost", there should be an object, I think... mean, whom did it cost those lives?0-
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0 five innocent lives?02br
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00Thanks Pieanne! 0-
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0 To me, both "cost" and "taken" sound OK. 0-
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0 Violence in this factory has 01b00cost02b00 five lives.02br
00To me, 'cost' is the only correct answer.0-
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01cite10Yoong Liat12cite10Violence in this factory has 11b10cost12b10 five lives.12br
10To me, 'cost' is the only correct answer.12br
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10So you can score high in this evening's test.05002br
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00But why B is NOT correct??051010id2
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0 Yoong, why "taken" isn't right?:S02br
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00Okay Pieanne! (Thanks for answering) 0-
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01cite10Pucca12cite10Yoong, why "taken" isn't right?:S12br
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10Okay Pieanne! (Thanks for answering)12blockquote
10IMO, 'cost' is correct. 02br
00Let me illustrate with another sentence.02br
00The accident has cost five lives.02br
00IMO, "The accident has taken
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0 Hello Yoong!02br
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00With "taken", I understand it as if that car or the thing which caused the accident, stole five lives easily. Hmm..as easy as the action of taking off a jumper(?)0-
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