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Look at these questions,1.They charged him .......killing the old man.a)of               b) for                  the answer is b ,why not a?2. there were no trains that morning , and yet most people managed to get to work.a) in spite of being late to the train, most people were able to get to workb) Even though there were no trains that morning, most people arrived their work.The answer is b, but where is "managed to" in b?

Paco2004 · Accepted Answer

We say "They accused him of killing the man" but don't say "They charged (=demanded to pay) him of killing the man". It should be "charged him for".

As for the 2nd question, I agree that a is better.

paco

MrPedantic · Answer

Hello Red

For #1, I would prefer C: "They charged him with killing the old man".

The police "charge someone with" something, when they arrest him.

A shopkeeper "charges someone for" something, when that someone makes a purchase.

But "charge someone of" does not exist, as far as I know.

For #2, answer A is incorrect because the first clause is ungrammatical ("being late to the train" is rubbish).

Answer B is incorrect because the second clause is ungrammatical ("most people arrived their work" is rubbish). And as you say, it doesn't incorporate the sense of "managed to".

So again, the correct answer is C:

c) Even though there were no trains that morning, most people managed to get to work.

Where did you find these questions, out of interest?

MrP

Redkiddy · Answer

Thank You Mr.Pedantic and Paco.

Dear Mr.Pedantic ,

I live in Turkey and There is an examination in Turkey for university,namely,most universities in Turkey are state universities and

there are a lot of students in Turkey to enter the universities(every year 1,5 million). They take the university access exam called

OSY, since there is not enough place in universities 40 percent of these students cannot enter the universities. And when they are in the high school they go to university exam preparation courses and these courses cost too much. anyway,these private courses

prepare their own questions themselves by their teachers. And these questions I give these threads sometimes belong to them.

so the quality of the questions could sometimes be lower as You may have quessed..

I hope I am understood ......... Thanks again......................

MrPedantic · Answer

Hello Red

Thanks for explaining!

Someone, somewhere, should start a little business, exporting exam questions...

MrP

CalifJim · Answer

"charge" has nothing to do with payment in this context. The expression is "charge someone with --- ing".

3 a : to make an assertion against especially by ascribing guilt or blame <charges him with armed robbery> <they were charged as being instigators> b : to place the guilt or blame for <charge her failure to negligence> c : to assert as an accusation <charges that he distorted the data>

RE: managed to.
To manage to achieve something is to succeed at achieving it, which is the same as achieving it, so "manage to" is unnecessary.

He managed to win the race. = He won the race.
He managed to finish the book. = He finished the book.

So a paraphrase can easily leave out words like "managed to" or "succeeded in" without altering the meaning appreciably.

CJ

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