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Hi Vivian,
The word you need in this sentence must be a noun. Difficult is an adjective and so you can't use it here. If you want to express another idea, you could say: My difficulty and that is the noun formed from the adjective difficult.
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#3 (permalink) Wed Aug 27, 2008 18:24 pm Difficult vs problem |
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Hi,
Why "situation" is not correct?
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#4 (permalink) Wed Aug 27, 2008 18:29 pm Difficult vs problem |
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Because "situation" is rather neutral. It can refer to positive as well as negative circumstances. When you are lost, you are in trouble so you have a problem. _________________ Test Of English for International Communication TOEIC Preparation & TOEIC Vocabulary |
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#5 (permalink) Fri Sep 12, 2008 21:18 pm Difficult vs problem |
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Hi Alan why hardship is not correct? ali |
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#6 (permalink) Fri Sep 12, 2008 22:29 pm Difficult vs problem |
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Hi,
The speaker is lost and his problem is that he is lost. 'Hardship' refers to a long standing situation like being without money, living in poor conditions, not being able to work but in the test this is just one difficulty or one problem.
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#7 (permalink) Tue Oct 21, 2008 4:44 am Difficult vs problem |
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Dear Sir , What exactly mean by I am lost |
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#8 (permalink) Tue Oct 21, 2008 6:34 am Difficult vs problem |
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Hello Satishchemeng, welcome to english-test.net and many thanks for your question. The phrase "I'm lost" means "I don't know what to do". Keep up the great work! Best regards, Torsten _________________ Test Of English for International Communication TOEIC Preparation & TOEIC Vocabulary |
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#9 (permalink) Tue Oct 21, 2008 8:44 am Difficult vs problem |
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Dear Torsten , Thank you very much for the reply Can you please give some more examples where we can use " I am Lost " , In whic type of situations we can use etc.
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#10 (permalink) Tue Jan 13, 2009 13:05 pm Difficult vs problem |
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well, my problem is that I'm lost. well, my dificult is that I'm lost. i think first sentence is to be right according to the parts of speech because in the case we should use a noun to complete the sentence not to add or use an adjective. |
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#11 (permalink) Tue Jan 13, 2009 16:19 pm Difficult vs problem |
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"(Sorry) I am lost", you can use when you don't understand a situation or can't follow a conversation.
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#13 (permalink) Wed Jan 14, 2009 4:30 am Difficult vs problem |
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Hello Satishchemeng, welcome to english-test.net and many thanks for your question. The phrase "I'm lost" means "I don't know what to do". Keep up the great work! Best regards, Torsten |
"I'm lost" indicates that you don't know where you are, whether it is geographically ("Can you show me where XX hotel is? I'm lost."), or in a conversation, as Belles1654 suggests, or perhaps when reading through some instructions.
For "I don't know what to do", "I'm at a loss" is more suitable. |
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#14 (permalink) Sat Feb 14, 2009 6:20 am Difficult vs problem |
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HI Mr. Alan How are I sent to you many times but you did not reply me , I hope you reply. Thanks |
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#15 (permalink) Sat Feb 14, 2009 6:24 am Difficult vs problem |
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How are Mr. Alan? I am very happy to meet but I sent to you many messages and did not reply , may be you don't know or you are so busy. Anyway I like you response me . Thanks
The speaker is lost and his problem is that he is lost. 'Hardship' refers to a long standing situation like being without money, living in poor conditions, not being able to work but in the test this is just one difficulty or one problem.
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