make or synthesize ?

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make or synthesize ?

by snapplesf » Fri Mar 16, 2007 11:20 am
See attached document.

Although C ( the correct answer ) did sound better to me, I picked D, because C assumes that synthesizing a hormone is the same as making/creating one.

Can we really make this assumption on SC ?
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by Stacey Koprince » Mon Mar 19, 2007 9:02 pm
Hey - yeah, that's okay. It changes it from "make a synthetic growth hormone" to "synthesize a growth hormone" - making something synthetic is the same thing as synthesizing.

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by Stacey Koprince » Mon Mar 19, 2007 9:14 pm
I have it installed already, actually - there are other reasons why I stick with IE as my main browser. But maybe I should start using firefox when I come on here! :)
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Re: make or synthesize ?

by renegade790 » Mon Mar 19, 2007 11:33 pm
snapplesf wrote:See attached document.

Although C ( the correct answer ) did sound better to me, I picked D, because C assumes that synthesizing a hormone is the same as making/creating one.

Can we really make this assumption on SC ?
Option changes the meaning of the sentence, an assumption here is not needed.... Option D has a trap modifier & moreover it here is ambiguous

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by aim-wsc » Thu Mar 22, 2007 7:15 am
Stacey Koprince wrote:FYI - my computer does not like downloading from this web site, unfortunately, and closes IE every time I download a file with a question. So if you specifically want me to respond to something, please post it as text rather than attaching a file - because of my computer's bad response, I generally don't download files here. Thanks! :)
Honestly, even I dont encourage members to upload such files.
As you know I most of the times browse this site through my cell phone I couldnt respond to such threads :( :lol: