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Discussion Groups / ESL Teaching / July 2005Words
I'm supposed to fill in these gaps with the same word: "I've applied for that job I told you about but I think it's ______ unlikely that I'll get it". "Carol's students all think very________ of her and consider her the best teacher at the college". "The hotel was ________ recommended in the brochure but we found it something of a disappointment". I guess I'm supposed to write adverds of intensity so I've come up with some words that I think would suit in those gaps, even though I'm not sure: Much, fairly, rather, highly Thanks. > I'm supposed to fill in these gaps with the same word: > [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > > Much, fairly, rather, highly It's one of these words, but the other 3 won't fit in at least one of the sentences. there's not necessarily any reason or rule her - it's more a question of collocation. Regards, Einde O'Callaghan then it's the first one, "much" right? > then it's the first one, "much" right? No. "Much" won't fit in the first sentence. It could just about fit in the third, but it would sound a bit strange. Regards, Einde O'Callaghan Thanks, what word would fit them? I have to turn it in this afternoon... I guess it's "highly"... even though in the second sentence it sounds strange to me.. > I guess it's "highly"... even though in the second sentence it sounds > strange to me.. You're right - and in sentence two it sounds fine to me, actually better than "much", which would also fit but is potentially ambivalent since the first part of the sentence could then be understood in 2 different ways. Einde > I guess it's "highly"... even though in the second sentence it sounds > strange to me.. One (not infallible) way to get a feeling for this is to search for the phrase concerned on Google, using quotes around it so as not to get results from the individual words occuring separately. For example, I get 32200 results for "was highly recommended" and 155 for "was much recommended", leading me towards "highly" as the better answer.  SignatureAdrian Smith thanks for the tip... I'll try that... |
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