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Difficult vs problem Tue Aug 16, 2005 10:28 am  Difficult vs problem
 

Test No. incompl/elem-20 "Where am I?", question 3

Well, my ......... is that I'm lost.

(a) problem
(b) situation
(c) hardship
(d) difficult

Test No. incompl/elem-20 "Where am I?", answer 3

Well, my problem is that I'm lost.

Correct answer: (a) problem

Your answer was: incorrect
Well, my difficult is that I'm lost.
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why this question cannot use difficult?

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Difficult Tue Aug 16, 2005 10:38 am  Difficult
 

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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Difficult vs problem Wed Aug 27, 2008 19:24 pm  Difficult vs problem
 

Hi,

Why "situation" is not correct?

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Difficult vs problem Wed Aug 27, 2008 19:29 pm  Difficult vs problem
 

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.
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Difficult vs problem Fri Sep 12, 2008 22:18 pm  Difficult vs problem
 

Hi Alan
why hardship is not correct?
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Difficult vs problem Fri Sep 12, 2008 23:29 pm  Difficult vs problem
 

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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Difficult vs problem Tue Oct 21, 2008 5:44 am  Difficult vs problem
 

Dear Sir ,
What exactly mean by I am lost
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Difficult vs problem Tue Oct 21, 2008 7:34 am  Difficult vs problem
 

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!
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Difficult vs problem Tue Oct 21, 2008 9:44 am  Difficult vs problem
 

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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