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Tenacious Learner Posted 14 years ago
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Would the following be suitabe questions and answers?
Hi teachers,
Context:
I told the Hospital Chairman, Mr Carr Gomm, about Merrick. He listened carefully, and then he wrote a letter to the editor of the times newspaper.
From The Times, December 4th, 1886
A letter to the editor
Dear Sir,
I am writing to you about a man in our hospital. He needs your help. His name is Joseph Merrick, and he is 27 years old. He is not ill, but he cannot go out of the hospital because he is very, very ugly. Nobody likes to look at him, and some people are afraid of him. We call him the ‘Elephant Man’.
Would the following be suitabe questions and answers?
1. Because of whom, was Mr. Gom writing the letter to The Times? Because of (a man in their hospital) Joseph Merrick.
2. What was Merrick's age? He was 27.
3. Was Merrick sick? No, he wasn't.
4. According to Mr Gomm, what were the reasons to have Merrick in hospital?
He was very ugly, nobody liked to look at him, and some people were afraid of him.
Thanks in advance.
Context:
I told the Hospital Chairman, Mr Carr Gomm, about Merrick. He listened carefully, and then he wrote a letter to the editor of the times newspaper.
From The Times, December 4th, 1886
A letter to the editor
Dear Sir,
I am writing to you about a man in our hospital. He needs your help. His name is Joseph Merrick, and he is 27 years old. He is not ill, but he cannot go out of the hospital because he is very, very ugly. Nobody likes to look at him, and some people are afraid of him. We call him the ‘Elephant Man’.
Would the following be suitabe questions and answers?
1. Because of whom, was Mr. Gom writing the letter to The Times? Because of (a man in their hospital) Joseph Merrick.
2. What was Merrick's age? He was 27.
3. Was Merrick sick? No, he wasn't.
4. According to Mr Gomm, what were the reasons to have Merrick in hospital?
He was very ugly, nobody liked to look at him, and some people were afraid of him.
Thanks in advance.
Top answer
Thinking Spain 1. Because of whom, was Mr. Gom writing the letter to The Times?
- Thinking Spain 1.
- Because of whom, was Mr.
- Gom writing the letter to The Times?
- Because of (a man in their hospital) Joseph Merrick.
- "Because of whom" is slightly ambiguous in that it could be Merrick but it could also be the narrator.
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Thinking Spain1. Because of whom, was Mr. Gom writing the letter to The Times? Because of (a man in their hospital) Joseph Merrick."Because of whom" is slightly ambiguous in that it could be Merrick but it could also be the narrator. I would suggest "about whom" to be more specific.
Thinking Spain4. According to Mr Gomm, what were the
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Shawn79"Because of whom" is slightly ambiguous in that it could be Merrick but it could also be the narrator. I would suggest "about whom" to be more specific.Hi Shawn,
Thank you so much for your corrections. You are very right, It is slightly ambiguous. Your suggestion is much more accurate.
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