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 Sat May 31, 2008 21:15 pm Which is wrong? |
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| Nessie, I don't think any of the phrases are wrong. The whole sentence sounds perfectly fine to me. I'd be interested in knowing the answer, and the logic behind it, once you find out. |
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Jamie (K)
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| Sun Jun 01, 2008 2:29 am Which is wrong? (They foolishly drove into the desert with no extra water) |
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Why did they choose the desert with no extra water?  |
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Molly
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| Sun Jun 01, 2008 2:38 am Which is wrong? |
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A Grammar Workbook for TOEFL on Googlebooks gives this version:
20. They foolishly drove into the desert without any water.
In the answer key, this is marked as "correct".
Perhaps the tutor has put "no extra" in place of "without any", on the assumption that that creates a new question with an error.
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| Sun Jun 01, 2008 2:44 am Which is wrong? |
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| MrPedantic wrote: | | Perhaps the tutor has put "no extra" in place of "without any", on the assumption that that creates a new question with an error. |
The problem was that the original sentence wasn't incorrect. It's still mystifying to me. |
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| Sun Jun 01, 2008 2:49 am Which is wrong? |
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| Jamie (K) wrote: | | MrPedantic wrote: | | Perhaps the tutor has put "no extra" in place of "without any", on the assumption that that creates a new question with an error. |
The problem was that the original sentence wasn't incorrect. It's still mystifying to me. |
Yes; I'm suggesting that the tutor's assumption was incorrect.
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| Sun Jun 01, 2008 11:59 am Which is wrong? (They foolishly drove into the desert with no extra water) |
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Thanks all, but there's no tutor here 
This question is cited from one of my non-native exercise textbooks written by non-native authors. Sometimes they drive me crazy by giving incomprehensible questions.
However, there are also many incomprehensible questions about English vocabulary given as "advanced English test". I found many of them when I took the examinations for good students last year. Then after the exams, I asked my teachers to help me correct them, but no teachers were able to explain why those options were chosen (?!?)
P.S: sorry Jamie, but I already forgot which is the answer (+_+)
(I also think the sentence is perfectly all right) |
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nessie
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| Sun Jun 01, 2008 12:34 pm Which is wrong? (They foolishly drove into the desert with no extra water) |
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I'm glad to hear no tutor was involved.
It's remarkably similar to the TOEFL question, though; so perhaps the question-setter was "influenced" by it...
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| give us your feedback on the course or seminar you attended? | Pronunciation of words: Gucci, Fibonacci, Chevrolet |
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