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Contemptuous vs. contemptible



 
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Contemptuous vs. contemptible #1 (permalink) Sun Jun 04, 2006 21:01 pm   Contemptuous vs. contemptible
 

Common Errors in English, Advanced Level

ESL/EFL Test #12 "Latin Words", question 6

To act in this disgraceful manner can only be described as contemptuous by anybody's standards.

(a) disgraceful
(b) described
(c) contemptuous
(d) anybody's

Common Errors in English, Advanced Level

ESL/EFL Test #12 "Latin Words", answer 6

To act in this disgraceful manner can only be described as contemptible by anybody's standards.

Correct entry: contemptible
The error was: (c) contemptuous

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To act in this disgraceful manner can only be described as contemptuous by anyone's standards.
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Contemptuous is as logical a choice as contemptible. 'By anyone's standards the disgraceful act was contemptuous (toward those present, for example.

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Contemptuous #2 (permalink) Mon Jun 05, 2006 7:10 am   Contemptuous
 

Hi USA speaker of English,

You said:

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Contemptuous is as logical a choice as contemptible. 'By anyone's standards the disgraceful act was contemptuous (toward those present, for example.


I feel that contemptuous - showing contempt - is more appropriate when the subject is animate whereas in this sentence the subject is inanimate/abstract - act and to my mind requires contemptible.

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