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Originally posted by Rikard:
okay this is a small piece of the Dutch School Exam of 1997 English
a story about interactive Shopping And i quote
"Retailers will re-learn an old lesson: consumers prefer shops that do not treat them like cattle. If ____10____ helps wipe out those who ignore that lesson it will be a dream come true."
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-- A -- interactivity
-- B -- nostalgia
-- C -- Politocs
-- D -- The shopping public
I answered D and A appeares the answer, I'm ok with that but my teacher no claims "the shopping public helps" is impossible and she did that with a "haha i know stuff better then you do" kinda smile
so i love to prove her wrong
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I wouldn't eliminate your response on the grounds of subject-verb agreement. By referring to the shopping public as "helps," your are using "public" in the singular. You are discussing what the actions of each individual within that group could do if they chose different shopping patterns.
I don't know if it was a typo, but you don't want "The" capitalized in response D.
I found the question very confusing. Is there more? or is that it? I have a difficult time figuring out who is going to be wiped out by whom. I find it hard to believe that "interactivity" is going to wipe someone out. Likewise, I find it just as unbelievable that the shopping public will wipe people out (imagining little shoppers running around with machine guns and such
).
I feel sorry for you if this is the type of question you have to deal with on a regular basis. Where's the real grammar?
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