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Influence new directors? #1 (permalink) Thu Nov 04, 2004 7:16 am   Influence new directors?
 

Test No. incompl/inter-51 "Cinemas", question 3

The film was the first to show conditions in which poor people lived and as such was to ......... future directors.

(a) influence
(b) hold
(c) infect
(d) show

Test No. incompl/inter-51 "Cinemas", answer 3

The film was the first to show conditions in which poor people lived and as such was to influence future directors.

Correct answer: (a) influence

Your answer was: incorrect
The film was the first to show conditions in which poor people lived and as such was to show future directors.
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Hello teachers! Why word -show- doesn't fit in here?
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Influence #2 (permalink) Thu Nov 04, 2004 20:44 pm   Influence
 

Hi Lyalya,

The idea is that the film had an impact on the way new directors would think and make decisions.

to influence is to have an impact on, to affect
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Influence new directors? #3 (permalink) Wed Nov 19, 2008 9:11 am   Influence new directors?
 

Why not "infect"?
It has the meaning of "influence", too.

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