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wolfy
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A doubt
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I am doing a sample TOEIC for my students and have a doubt over the following question:
158. When you show him your letters of
recommendation, I �m sure he will not hesitant to give you the salary
that you want.
Which of the underlined words are incorrect?
I have edited the test so it reads:
158. When you show him your letters of
recommendation, I �m sure he should not hesitant to give you the salary
that you want.
Because I couldn �t spot the error. My attention is being drawn to C: "will not hesitate" hence my edit. Can you tell me if that �s right and why? |
25 Nov 2009
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maoopa
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The mistake is in hesitant. You should write hesitate.
When you show him your letters of recommendation, I �m sure he will not hesitate to give you the salary that you want.
Hesitant is an adjective, and you need to use a verb with the auxiliary will.
I hope this helps
Mauro
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25 Nov 2009
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selenn
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yes hesitant should be replaced by hesitate which is a verb. |
25 Nov 2009
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Zora
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lol... I was staring at the sentence for a while too and couldn �t see the "error".. yes, the "hesitant" should be hesitate. I think, it �s because our brains automatically see the "h-e-s..." and we think "oh, it �s hesitate..." when it isn �t. 
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25 Nov 2009
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wolfy
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wow thanks, I �m blind, I just automatically read hesitate.
I �m a bit upset about this test in general. I have a book with two tests, one at the begining and one at the end. I assumed the second one would be easier (the publishers way of showing how great their book was) But in fact it �s the opposite. The second test is about 100 TOEIC points harder. :( - Meaning all my students will show little or no improvement.
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25 Nov 2009
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