Q12

[tzyc]

Just wanted to double check...
So the author approves their research but
B is wrong because it does not just accept but provides shortcoming
C is wrong because the author approve their research to some extent...
And D is correct because the author approve the reserach partially=qualified approval

Is this correct?

Thank you

[ohthatpatrick]

"Just wanted to double check...
So the author approves their research but
B is wrong because it does not just accept but provides shortcoming"

correct -- wholehearted acceptance means "I can find NOTHING wrong with this!"

"C is wrong because the author approve their research to some extent..."

correct -- and contentious is a pretty negative word that means "trying to start a fight"

"And D is correct because the author approve the reserach partially=qualified approval"

correct -- qualified approval means, "I approve, although I do have this one complaint/misgiving/hesitation."

Nice work!

[Djjustin818]

But couldn't C be correct because the author is still challenging the study of Breen and Inne's? D makes it sound like he approves their study with no problem, which is why i didn't choose that one. But C, makes it seem more like he may or may not approve, but is challenging their study, which he is. I still don't see why D is a better answer.

[ohthatpatrick]

I think the problem is that you're focusing on only one word per answer.

If (C) just said "challenge" and (D) just said "approval", then we'd have a tough time picking.

But (C) says "contentious challenge", which is a very strongly worded challenge. It's more "hot under the collar" than the author's scholarly analysis.

And (D) says "qualified approval". As I said in my earlier post, "qualified approval" does NOT mean "I approve their study with no problem". It means "I approve their study, even though I DO have this one problem with it".

This isn't 'qualified' in the sense of someone being "well qualified for the job". This is a secondary meaning of 'qualified', meaning 'with this qualification/hesitation/qualm/exception'.

If I said "I hate musicals", that is an unqualified statement.

If I say, "I hate musicals, except for 'The Sound of Music'", that is a qualified statement.

Make sense?

[Djjustin818]

yea i get it now thank you