Tenacious Learner Posted 15 years ago
Grammar
Question about 'wasted'. Unit 6
Hi Teachers,
Based on this sentence, 'Baxter wasted very little time on social formalities'.
The following explanations were given to me for the underlined word in the sentence.
a) Baxter was practically uninterested in social formalities.
b) Baxter felt that time spent on social formalities was not necessary.
My question is, could 'used inappropriately' be a good synonym for 'wasted' in the context?
Thanks in advance
Based on this sentence, 'Baxter wasted very little time on social formalities'.
The following explanations were given to me for the underlined word in the sentence.
a) Baxter was practically uninterested in social formalities.
b) Baxter felt that time spent on social formalities was not necessary.
My question is, could 'used inappropriately' be a good synonym for 'wasted' in the context?
Thanks in advance
Top answer
No - that doesn't make sense. You could say 'Baxter spent very little time. ' but wasted is better for the reasons given in a) and b).
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No - that doesn't make sense.
You could say 'Baxter spent very little time. . .' but wasted is better for the reasons given in a) and b).
Rover
You could say 'Baxter spent very little time. . .' but wasted is better for the reasons given in a) and b).
Rover
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