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Difference between interrupt and intervene



 
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Difference between interrupt and intervene #1 (permalink) Thu Feb 10, 2005 15:58 pm   Difference between interrupt and intervene
 

Test No. incompl/inter-23 "Leave me alone", question 1

Alan: Excuse me ......... but what are you doing?

(a) intervening
(b) interviewing
(c) interrupting
(d) intercepting

Test No. incompl/inter-23 "Leave me alone", answer 1

Alan: Excuse me interrupting but what are you doing?

Correct answer: (c) interrupting

Your answer was: incorrect
Alan: Excuse me intervening but what are you doing?
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Difference between interrupt and intervene #2 (permalink) Thu Feb 10, 2005 16:41 pm   Difference between interrupt and intervene
 

Interrupt is break into a conversation when other people are speaking. Intervene is to come into the middle of a situation where often you are trying to help both sides find a solution say in the middle of an industrial strike.
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