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Nazanin saryazdi Posted 12 years ago
Grammar

Which answer(s) are OK ?

Which answer(s) are OK?

He answered the police about the accident so ......... that they really believed him.
a.finally b.rapidly c.appropriately d.honestly
  

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He answered the police about the accident so ......... honestly d. honestly is the answer.

— Anonymous

  • He answered the police about the accident so .........
  • honestly d.
  • honestly is the answer.
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nazanin saryazdi Which answer(s) are OK?He answered the police about the accident so ......... that they really believed him.a.finally b.rapidly c.appropriately d.honestly
d. honestly is the answer.
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"He answered the police about the accident" isn't good English.

Ignoring that, none of the words seems a very good fit.
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Thank you so much. I thought so. Could you please explain more?
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nazanin saryazdi Which answer(s) are OK?He answered the police about the accident so ......... that they really believed him.a.finally b.rapidly c.appropriately d.honestly
He answered .... so honestly that they really believed him.
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AnonymousHe answered .... so honestly that they really believed him.
The problem with "honestly" is that the second part, "... that they really believed him", suggests doubt about whether his answers really were honest.
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GPY AnonymousHe answered .... so honestly that they really believed him.The problem with "honestly" is that the second part, "... that they really believed him", suggests doubt about whether his answers really were honest.
Yeah, that's a logic, but what about the grammar and semantics of that?
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AnonymousYeah, that's a logic, but what about the grammar and semantics of that?
Grammatically, all the choices fit equally well. The semantic objection is the one that I explained.
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