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Altairrr Posted 16 years ago
Grammar

"Would you please tell me" could only be followed by which of A,B,C or D and why and why not the rest?

Come across this question in a junior high's test paper, plz help.

Would you please tell me_____?

A. when did he come home

B. where he would play football

C. if he had seen the film

D. why he didn't watch the game.

So far I am only able to rule out option A (is "rule out" the appropriate word here?) due to its sentence order. There's not much I can do about the rest. Hope some of you guys could help me out and plz tell me why.

PS: it's extracted from a test paper, so there's only ONE best answer as required.

thx
  

Top answer

This is a badly worded question. As you wrote, only the first answer can really be ruled out. The other three are all possible.

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  • This is a badly worded question.
  • As you wrote, only the first answer can really be ruled out.
  • The other three are all possible.
  • If I had to guess the correct answer, I'd say D is the most likely ending to the sentence.
  • The other two are grammatically correct in certain scenarios, but those aren't very likely scenarios.
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This is a badly worded question. As you wrote, only the first answer can really be ruled out. The other three are all possible. If I had to guess the correct answer, I'd say D is the most likely ending to the sentence. The other two are grammatically correct in certain scenarios, but those aren't very likely scenarios. For example, imagine this conversation for B:

Jim: When
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Thanks ,man. That is really nice of you to set up a scenario to help me better understantd it.

And I believe a single answer can be chosen only if a certain context is given.

Your reply explained more than the question per se.

I really appreciate it.
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