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#2 (permalink) Mon Mar 10, 2008 10:29 am Usage of price, cost, value, worth |
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1.Our local museum has a _________ collection of paintings. (valuable?) Correct.
2.I bought this jacket in the sales for a very good________. (price?) Correct. However, I'm a bit mystified by the expression "in the sales". What do you mean by that?
3.The ________ of rebuilding the city will be enormous. (costs?) Correct.
4.Will the ________ of my property go down if they build a factory nearby?(value?) Correct.
5.The__________of houses has gone up sharply in the last few years.(price?) Correct.
6.I thought the ring was made of gold,but it turned out to be _________.(worthless?) Correct.
7.I have bought fifty pounds'__________ of drink for the party.Do you think that will be enough?(value?) Correct.
8.This car was a real bargain;it only______ me a thousand pounds.(cost?) Correct.
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#3 (permalink) Mon Mar 10, 2008 10:47 am Usage of price, cost, value, worth |
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| Torsten wrote: |
| 2.I bought this jacket in the sales for a very good________. (price?) Correct. However, I'm a bit mystified by the expression "in the sales". What do you mean by that? |
"In the sales" was not meant to be a particular context.Thank you.
Hm,I am a little surprised that all of them were correct.Were there any other alternatives possible? |
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Julia I'm new here and I like it ;-)
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#4 (permalink) Mon Mar 10, 2008 11:30 am Usage of price, cost, value, worth |
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Hi Julia,
As in any other language, there are always different ways of expression a certain idea so there are always alternatives. For example, instead of saying 'a valuable collection of paintings' you can say 'a priceless collection of paintings', 'an invaluable collection of paintings' or 'a unique collection of paintings'.
By the way, 'any other alternatives' is a tautology.
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#5 (permalink) Mon Mar 10, 2008 11:33 am Usage of price, cost, value, worth |
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| Thank you for your time.It really helped. :) |
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Julia I'm new here and I like it ;-)
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