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Can you help me with question no. 9? Please see the picture below. Which one is more appropriate? I selected alight. “The fire wasn’t alight.” Somehow, I also thought c is okay.
15 de dez de 2023 12:49
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The answer they want is D. In this usage, "alight" is an adjective. In American English, we would simply say that the fire was "out."
15 de dezembro de 2023
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We use "on" and "off" to describe the state of devices that have switches like stoves, light bulbs, and automobiles. For fires or flames, we use expressions like "burning", "on fire", "in flames", "aflame", "flaming". When the fire is not burning, we say it is "out". To make it stop burning, we "put it out", "quench it", "smother it", or "blow it out".
In the U.S., I don't hear the word "alight" often, but anybody would know what it means.
These two categories, devices and fires, are handled in distinct ways, even in the same sentence:
Jack: "Is the oven on?"
Jill: "Let me take a look. Yes, I know it is on because I see the flame burning."
15 de dezembro de 2023
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Hey there , d should be the answer 😊
15 de dezembro de 2023
The verb alight means to get out of a train or bus (a vehicle)
The noun alight means to shine or be on fire.
Were you working on nouns or verbs?
15 de dezembro de 2023
b
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Chinês (Mandarim), Inglês, Japonês, Vietnamita
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