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Word order in a sentence was much freer in old French than it is in [#permalink] New post   01 Apr 2021, 01:33
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Word order in a sentence was much freer in old French than it is in French today, this (i) _____disappeared as the French language gradually lost its case distinctions.

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A. resriction
B. license
C. similarity
D. rigidity
E. imperative
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Re: Word order in a sentence was much freer in old French than it is in [#permalink] New post   01 Apr 2021, 01:43
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If this is an official question and the answer is B and NOT D I resign from this board. Immediately

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Re: Word order in a sentence was much freer in old French than it is in [#permalink] New post   28 Apr 2021, 15:24
why not A though?
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Re: Word order in a sentence was much freer in old French than it is in [#permalink] New post   28 Apr 2021, 19:11
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Word order in a sentence was much freer in old French than it is in French today, this (i) _____disappeared as the French language gradually lost its case distinctions.

Here, 'this' is related to much freer. The meaning is - the word order was freer and this (permit) disappeared ...
Hence license.

A suggests restriction and in the passage we are talking about permission (much freer) so it cannot be the answer.

Ask if the doubt remains.

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why not A though?
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Re: Word order in a sentence was much freer in old French than it is in [#permalink] New post   29 Apr 2021, 07:13
why not similarity ?
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Re: Word order in a sentence was much freer in old French than it is in [#permalink] New post   29 Apr 2021, 07:27
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Why no restrictions considered the word freer?

I do not think is a clear question, though

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Re: Word order in a sentence was much freer in old French than it is in [#permalink] New post   21 Oct 2021, 18:19
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Word order in a sentence was much freer in old French than it is in French today, this (i) _____disappeared as the French language gradually lost its case distinctions.

Here, 'this' is related to much freer. The meaning is - the word order was freer and this (permit) disappeared ...
Hence license.

A suggests restriction and in the passage we are talking about permission (much freer) so it cannot be the answer.

Ask if the doubt remains.

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why not A though?


Sir, I am still not convinced. Is not disappeared of restriction means freedom?
Is this an ambiguous question?
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Re: Word order in a sentence was much freer in old French than it is in [#permalink] New post   21 Oct 2021, 19:56
It's indeed an ambiguous one. ETS won't set options like these.

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Sir, I am still not convinced. Is not disappeared of restriction means freedom?
Is this an ambiguous question?
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