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Affordable vs. actual #1 (permalink) Thu Feb 05, 2004 14:06 pm   Affordable vs. actual
 

Test No. incompl/advan-45 "At the Office (1)", question 1

Concern was expressed by the office manager that the company would buy an ......... financial package.

(a) agreeable
(b) affordable
(c) absolute
(d) actual

Test No. incompl/advan-45 "At the Office (1)", answer 1

Concern was expressed by the office manager that the company would buy an affordable financial package.

Correct answer: (b) affordable

Hi! Explane, please. Why in this test you use answer 'affordable'? I think answer 'actual' is correct too.
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Affordable vs. actual #2 (permalink) Thu Feb 05, 2004 16:05 pm   Affordable vs. actual
 

Hi Logician,

In the sentence you are referring to only 'affordable' makes sense.
It means the price of the package has to be appropriate to the company's budget.
Please, don't confuse 'actual' with 'current' or 'up-to-date'.

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Affordable vs. actual #3 (permalink) Thu May 20, 2010 3:26 am   Affordable vs. actual
 

what about -Concern was expressed by the office manager that the company would buy financial actuals package ?
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Affordable vs. actual #4 (permalink) Sat May 22, 2010 8:52 am   Affordable vs. actual
 

'financial actuals package' does not make any sense in English.
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Affordable vs. actual #5 (permalink) Sat May 22, 2010 11:43 am   Affordable vs. actual
 

As you are an authority of English let me ask you a preliminary question.
What’s the restriction of the word Actuals? Please don’t consult a dictionary but ask a finance people?
Then we will see with other questions.
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Affordable vs. actual #6 (permalink) Sat May 22, 2010 11:53 am   Affordable vs. actual
 

Hi Nabil, both the phrases 'ask a finance people' and 'financial actuals package' don't exist in English. It seems that what you are trying to do is confuse our users by playing silly games with us.

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Affordable vs. actual #7 (permalink) Sat May 22, 2010 12:03 pm   Affordable vs. actual
 

Sorry for -a-.
Finance staff, or finance people
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Affordable vs. actual #8 (permalink) Sat May 22, 2010 12:20 pm   Affordable vs. actual
 

Nabilchamlal wrote:
As you are an authority of English let me ask you a preliminary question.
What’s the restriction of the word Actuals? Please don’t consult a dictionary but ask a finance people?
Then we will see with other questions.


Would you care to rephrase your question so that it makes sense in English? You seem to be using your own made-up language.
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