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Jeff_999 Posted 21 years ago
Grammar

Accusations against others

The accusations we bring against others should be ---- ourselves; they should not ---- complacency and easy judgments on our part concerning our own moral conduct.
(A) definitions of.. produce
(B) instructions to.. equate
(C) denigrations of.. exclude
(D) warnings to.. justify
(E) parodies of.. satirize



Could you please tell me how to choose the right answer for this question? What key words I should pay attention to. Billions of thanks!!
  

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I like the way you've asked the question, Jeff. It means you want hints only. Here's my hint: the statement is a long paraphrase of a Bible verse-- Matthew, chapter 7, verse 1.

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I like the way you've asked the question, Jeff. It means you want hints only.

Here's my hint: the statement is a long paraphrase of a Bible verse-- Matthew, chapter 7, verse 1.
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I understand it as follows: it's too easy to accuse then sit back and think, gosh, what a nice man I am... The faults in the others should help us be better.
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DavkettI like the way you've asked the question, Jeff. It means you want hints only.

Here's my hint: the statement is a long paraphrase of a Bible verse-- Matthew, chapter 7, verse 1.


No no no, Davkett. The hints implied in the sentence! I can't find them because they seems to be clouded by something else.
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The accusations should cause something else than complacency and easy judgements in us; these are passive, so...
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If you read the Bible verse first, you will know the significant words to focus on in your sentence.
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PieanneI understand it as follows: it's too easy to accuse then sit back and think, gosh, what a nice man I am... The faults in the others should help us be better.

Oh I thought it was talking about that "we should not judge or accuse others based on our own moral conduct." Guess I was wrong.
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PieanneThe accusations should cause something else than complacency and easy judgements in us

I don't get this one, Pieanne.
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DavkettIf you read the Bible verse first, you will know the significant words to focus on in your sentence.

Don't tease me, Davkett. I don't have Bible in hand right now.
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Emotion: tongue tied When we make an accusation, we should do more than simply judge and feel self-satisfied, we should learn from it? Jeff, sorr
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Google Matthew 7:1. That's how I did it. I don't carry around a Bible either, Jeff.

I'm not proselytizing.
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