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Wangqh2696122 Posted 12 years ago
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With no regrets = comfortable?
In a text, the author talks about her commitment to send her grandmother a birthday card every year and she did so. Then she wrote:
My last letter arrived the day after her death. I've always wanted relationships with no regrets. None of that "I wish I had told her I loved her" for me! I felt I had given her the best gift I could.
Based on this paragraph, a reading comprehension question is designed:
Question: From this paragraph, we can infer that when the author's grandmother died, she felt___
A. regretful B. astonished C. comfortable D. bored
The answer is C, but I feel it is not a proper to describe her feeling. Instead, I think "unregretful" is fit.
What do you think?
My last letter arrived the day after her death. I've always wanted relationships with no regrets. None of that "I wish I had told her I loved her" for me! I felt I had given her the best gift I could.
Based on this paragraph, a reading comprehension question is designed:
Question: From this paragraph, we can infer that when the author's grandmother died, she felt___
A. regretful B. astonished C. comfortable D. bored
The answer is C, but I feel it is not a proper to describe her feeling. Instead, I think "unregretful" is fit.
What do you think?
Top answer
I think it's an acceptable use, meaning that she felt at ease, having, as you say, no regrets. However, I find "My last letter arrived the day after her death" a bit confusing in the context. Does "my letter" mean the author's letter to her grandmother?
- I think it's an acceptable use, meaning that she felt at ease, having, as you say, no regrets.
- However, I find "My last letter arrived the day after her death" a bit confusing in the context.
- Does "my letter" mean the author's letter to her grandmother?
- So the grandmother never got to read the letter?
- Wouldn't that, actually, be a cause for regret?
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I think it's an acceptable use, meaning that she felt at ease, having, as you say, no regrets.
However, I find "My last letter arrived the day after her death" a bit confusing in the context. Does "my letter" mean the author's letter to her grandmother? So the grandmother never got to read the letter? Wouldn't that, actually, be a cause for regret?
However, I find "My last letter arrived the day after her death" a bit confusing in the context. Does "my letter" mean the author's letter to her grandmother? So the grandmother never got to read the letter? Wouldn't that, actually, be a cause for regret?
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GPYI think it's an acceptable use, meaning that she felt at ease, having, as you say, no regrets. However, I find "My last letter arrived the day after her death" a bit confusing in the context. Does "my letter" mean the author's letter to her grandmother? So the grandmother never got to read the letter? Wouldn't that, actually, be a cause for regret?Maybe so
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wangqh2696122Do you think unregretful is a better word?I find "unregretful" a slightly awkward-looking word. However, opinions may vary.
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