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lu
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| Posted: Wed Nov 09, 2005 8:04 am
Post subject: Micky Dee's |
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Hi, there,
Can anybody help me answer the following questions? Thanks a lot!
1. To attract customers, large companies began to sponsor lavish
parades, which often ____ millions of spectators.
a) draws b) attracting c) drew d) appeal to
The correct answer is d. But in my opinion, a and c are both
correct? Does anybody agree with me? If not, can you explain why to
me?
2. Why do people call McDonald's "Micky Dee's"? Is there any story
behind that?
Thanks in advance!
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Raymond S. Wise
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| Posted: Wed Nov 09, 2005 2:04 pm
Post subject: Re: Micky Dee's |
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lu wrote:
| Quote: | Hi, there,
Can anybody help me answer the following questions? Thanks a lot!
1. To attract customers, large companies began to sponsor lavish
parades, which often ____ millions of spectators.
a) draws b) attracting c) drew d) appeal to
The correct answer is d. But in my opinion, a and c are both
correct? Does anybody agree with me? If not, can you explain why to
me?
2. Why do people call McDonald's "Micky Dee's"? Is there any story
behind that?
Thanks in advance!
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Where "Micky Dee's" (or "Mickey D's") comes from is unknown to me. It
may be a true slang nickname (it's sometimes claimed to be hiphop
slang) or it may be the creation of an advertising copywriter trying to
sound cool. (I wasn't able to verify whether it is in fact a trademark
owned by the McDonald's Corporation.)
As for your first question, a) is out, since "draws" is in the singular
and it is a plural verb that is called for, "which" being a pronoun
standing in for "parades." As far as I can see, c) should be
acceptable.
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Raymond S. Wise
Minneapolis, Minnesota USA
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Adrian Bailey
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| Posted: Wed Nov 09, 2005 3:51 pm
Post subject: Re: Micky Dee's |
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"lu" <lcyiu@tp.edu.tw> wrote in message
news:1131515573.712607.54440@g49g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
| Quote: | Hi, there,
Can anybody help me answer the following questions? Thanks a lot!
1. To attract customers, large companies began to sponsor lavish
parades, which often ____ millions of spectators.
a) draws b) attracting c) drew d) appeal to
The correct answer is d. But in my opinion, a and c are both
correct?
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Hmm. The best answer appears to be (c). (d) is also grammatically correct,
but seems a rum sentence to me.
Adrian
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Ritsuko Murata
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| Posted: Wed Nov 09, 2005 5:22 pm
Post subject: Re: Micky Dee's |
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"lu" <lcyiu@tp.edu.tw> wrote in
news:1131515573.712607.54440@g49g2000cwa.googlegroups.com:
| Quote: | Hi, there,
Can anybody help me answer the following questions? Thanks a lot!
1. To attract customers, large companies began to sponsor lavish
parades, which often ____ millions of spectators.
a) draws b) attracting c) drew d) appeal to
The correct answer is d. But in my opinion, a and c are both
correct? Does anybody agree with me? If not, can you explain why to
me?
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If these parades are still happening, D is just about acceptable. It
suggests that, from time to time, they don't appeal to millions of
spectators. If that's the way things stand, it would be better to clarify
the change of tense by, for example, 'which, to this day, often draw
millions of spectators'.
Otherwise C is correct. It says these parades are a thing of the past. If
it's only their appeal which is a thing of the past, you'd need to make
that clear.
A and B are wrong.
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| Posted: Fri Nov 11, 2005 4:05 am
Post subject: Re: Micky Dee's |
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MickeyD is a slang expression, coined by people who did not think
highly of the place, either the food sold or the attitude of the
corporation. Years after I first heard it in conversation, I heard it
in an ad. Apparently the corporation decided to preempt it. But I
haven't heard it in any other ads.
Cece |
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Robert Lieblich
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| Posted: Fri Nov 11, 2005 6:07 am
Post subject: Re: Micky Dee's |
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ceceliaarmstrong@yahoo.com wrote:
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MickeyD is a slang expression, coined by people who did not think
highly of the place, either the food sold or the attitude of the
corporation. Years after I first heard it in conversation, I heard it
in an ad. Apparently the corporation decided to preempt it. But
I haven't heard it in any other ads.
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Please:
<http://www.alt-usage-english.org/intro_a.shtml#Responding>
See especially the recommendation at the bottom for Google users.
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Bob Lieblich
Trying to help |
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