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Favorites - 07 Nov 2006 06:42 GMT

1. The fish tasted so unpleasant that Jane threw it away in disgust.
'disgust' means: with strong dislike OR in great disappointment ?

2. Jim did not like the plan, so he replaced one of his own.
I think it should be 'replace it with one of his own'. Right?

3. They are well aware that if they undertake this project they will
inevitably encounter many difficulties.
'inevitablly' means: deal with OR meet with ?

Thanks!

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Owain - 07 Nov 2006 13:00 GMT

> 1. The fish tasted so unpleasant that Jane threw it away in disgust.
> 'disgust' means: with strong dislike OR in great disappointment ?

strong dislike

> 2. Jim did not like the plan, so he replaced one of his own.
> I think it should be 'replace it with one of his own'. Right?

Yes

> 3. They are well aware that if they undertake this project they will
> inevitably encounter many difficulties.
> 'inevitablly' means: deal with OR meet with ?

No, inevitably means 'certainly'. Encounter means 'meet'

Owain

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Leszek L. - 08 Nov 2006 11:05 GMT

> 3. They are well aware that if they undertake this project they will
> inevitably encounter many difficulties.
> 'inevitablly' means: deal with OR meet with ?

"Inevitably" means "unavoidably" - they would probably like to avoid
difficulties, but difficulties will certainly happen anyway.

"Inevitably" comes from the French "eviter", which means "to avoid".

Cheers,
L.

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JayDickson@gmail.com - 19 Nov 2006 22:47 GMT

> 2. Jim did not like the plan, so he replaced one of his own.
> I think it should be 'replace it with one of his own'. Right?

> Thanks!

I believe it should be "replaced" because "Jim did not like the plan"
shows that the sentence is in the past tense. "Replace" is in the
present tense, which does not agree with the tense of the rest of the
sentence.

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Leszek L. - 20 Nov 2006 15:40 GMT

>> 2. Jim did not like the plan, so he replaced one of his own.
>> I think it should be 'replace it with one of his own'. Right?
[quoted text clipped - 5 lines]
> present tense, which does not agree with the tense of the rest of the
> sentence.

Never mind the tense, "to be replaced" is the passive voice!
And "should" is a modal verb to begin with, so "it should BE replacED",
not <WRONG>"it should was replace"<WRONG> or any other
weird combination.

Cheers,
L.

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Einde O'Callaghan - 20 Nov 2006 21:55 GMT

Leszek L. schrieb:

>>> 2. Jim did not like the plan, so he replaced one of his own.
>>> I think it should be 'replace it with one of his own'. Right?
[quoted text clipped - 10 lines]
> not <WRONG>"it should was replace"<WRONG> or any other
> weird combination.

I think you've misread what Jay Dickson said. The word "replaced" is in
quotation marks, i.e. he is telling the original poster that he should
use the word "replaced" instead of the word "replace" because the verb
has to be in the past tense.

Regards, Einde O'Callaghan

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Leszek L. - 23 Nov 2006 12:21 GMT

> I think you've misread what Jay Dickson said. The word "replaced" is in
> quotation marks, i.e. he is telling the original poster that he should use
> the word "replaced" instead of the word "replace" because the verb has to
> be in the past tense.

You are right, thanks for the correction.

Best,
L.

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