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Basic vs. fundamental Tue Dec 14, 2004 11:43 am  Basic vs. fundamental
 

Test No. incompl/inter-12 "At the Restaurant", question 1

The food here is quite good although the menu is quite ..........

(a) elementary
(b) basic
(c) easy
(d) fundamental

Test No. incompl/inter-12 "At the Restaurant", answer 1

The food here is quite good although the menu is quite basic.

Correct answer: (b) basic

Your answer was: incorrect
The food here is quite good although the menu is quite fundamental.
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what is basic?

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Basic vs. fundamental Tue Dec 14, 2004 13:46 pm  Basic vs. fundamental
 

The restaurant does good food but the choice is very limited.
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Basic vs. fundamental Wed Mar 22, 2006 16:06 pm  Basic vs. fundamental
 

Torsten wrote:
The restaurant does good food but the choice is very limited.

Would you please tell me the difference between the "basic"
and "elementary"

thank U in advanced
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Basic vs. elementary Wed Nov 29, 2006 10:28 am  Basic vs. elementary
 

Hi there...

i would like also ask what?s the main difference between "basic" and "elementary". Is really "elementary" not suitable in this case?

thanks a lot for explanation ...

jan
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Basic vs. fundamental Thu Nov 30, 2006 2:04 am  Basic vs. fundamental
 

In many situations, 'basic' and 'elementary' can be used synonymously, but in the example above only 'basic' would commonly be used by native English speakers. The meaning, when specifically relating to the choices on the menu, is that the available food is well-known, common, home-style cooking as opposed to being comprised exotic, uncommon, or unusual dishes. It doesn't neccessarily mean that the skill or complexity of the dishes is less than you might find in other restaurants, but this would neccessarily be implied if one described the menu as 'elementary.'
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Basic vs. fundamental Thu Nov 30, 2006 9:42 am  Basic vs. fundamental
 

Many thanks for explanation.

best regards,

Jan
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Basic vs. fundamental Thu Nov 30, 2006 10:36 am  Basic vs. fundamental
 

Hi Jan, your sentence would sound better if you put a word before 'explanation':

Many thanks for your explanation.
Many thanks for the explanation.
Many thanks for this explanation.


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