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Formality or informality #1 (permalink) Tue Feb 01, 2005 6:23 am   Formality or informality
 

Test No. incompl/advan-8 "Business", question 4

Thirty years ago this kind of formality would not have been ..........

(a) withheld
(b) endured
(c) suffered
(d) tolerated

Test No. incompl/advan-8 "Business", answer 4

Thirty years ago this kind of formality would not have been tolerated.

Correct answer: (d) tolerated

Your answer was: correct
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Informality #2 (permalink) Tue Feb 01, 2005 9:54 am   Informality
 

Well done again!

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Dear Sir,
Could you please explain more about the difference between "tolerate", "endure", "suffer"? I think they're almost the same meaning.
Thank you very much and Best regards
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Formality or informality #4 (permalink) Wed Oct 28, 2009 8:34 am   Formality or informality
 

Dear Mr Alan,
I have a question which is the same as Doanngockhanh's. Could you explain to me? i'm confusing about it.
Thanks in advance,
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Formality or informality #5 (permalink) Wed Oct 28, 2009 9:31 am   Formality or informality
 

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Hi Loverose,

'Tolerate' has the sense of put up with something - in other words let it happen without complaining. It is often used with the negative;

The teacher refused to tolerate bad behaviour in the class and those who behaved badly were punished.

'Endure' also suggests put up with but is used for something that lasts a long time as in:

The people in that country had to endure years of war before peace finally arrived.

'Suffer' has the same idea again but this time it is usually associated with pain and hardships as in:

She suffered extreme pain during her illness until a cure was found.

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