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lockman
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I need your help
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Hi everyone
A few days ago I gave my high students a test- the following multipe choice question was one of the tasks
Ask a kid
about Lionel Messi and he will certainly tell you who he is.He is surely a
_______football player
(Five-star/well-known/left-handed/deeply-rooted/part-time/labour-saving) the correct answer as you certainly know is well-known
but one of my students insisted that "five-star" is also correct! To my kowledge "five-star" is related to hotels restaurants and other public places and not to describe people!what do you think? MANY THANKS TO YOU
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12 Jan 2012
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yanogator
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Yes, officially 5-star is used for restaurants and hotels, but it has come to be used for anything that is top-notch. Similarly, "rock star" is now used for any famous person (or even any person who is famous only in his own circle of people), and not just for musicians.
Bruce |
12 Jan 2012
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ueslteacher
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Five-star can refer either to a rating system or to military (AmE)Never heard of a five-star football player  but if you take into account the rating system ... Let �s see what the native speakers have to say. Sophia
Edit: looks like Bruce types faster:)
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12 Jan 2012
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lockman
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You see dear friends I am going to show your posts to my students!It seems I have to update my knowledge about this marvellous always changing language!One of my University teachers(a native speaker ) used to say :"with English ,for every rule ,there is an exception"Now I know he was right!
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13 Jan 2012
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carinaluc
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Dear lockman,
I agree 100% with Apodo.
Hugs
Carina |
13 Jan 2012
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libertybelle
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Regarding football players - I would say he is well-known.
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13 Jan 2012
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kingfant72
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I would actually say "5-star" is the best option as "surely" adds a degree of opinion or speculation to the sentence. Fact: Messi is a well-known football player. Opinion: Messi is surely a 5-star football player.
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13 Jan 2012
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kingfant72
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Another option would be to change the wording of the question. "Certainly" makes much more sense than "surely" in this context.
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13 Jan 2012
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lockman
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many thanks to all of you. |
13 Jan 2012
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