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by clock60 » Fri Oct 08, 2010 11:55 am
It is an oversimplified view of cattle raising to say that all one has to do with cattle is leave them alone while they feed themselves, corral them and to drive them to market when the time is ripe.
C) all one has to do with cattle is leave them alone while they feed themselves and then corral them and

D) the only thing that has to be done with cattle is leave them alone while they feed themselves, corral them, and
oa is C

Hi guys
i have troubles in finding right pattern of || words. in above example how to discern is it
-apples and oranges, or it is list of- i mean
apples oranges and lemons
kindly show me right way!!
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by reply2spg » Fri Oct 08, 2010 4:47 pm
In this case don't see for the ||ism, see meaning.

D says 'the only thing that has to be done' and it lists 3 things, how absurd.

C says 'all one has to do', means 'one person has to do' all actions.

See how one word changes the meaning
clock60 wrote:It is an oversimplified view of cattle raising to say that all one has to do with cattle is leave them alone while they feed themselves, corral them and to drive them to market when the time is ripe.
C) all one has to do with cattle is leave them alone while they feed themselves and then corral them and

D) the only thing that has to be done with cattle is leave them alone while they feed themselves, corral them, and
oa is C

Hi guys
i have troubles in finding right pattern of || words. in above example how to discern is it
-apples and oranges, or it is list of- i mean
apples oranges and lemons
kindly show me right way!!
Sudhanshu
(have lot of things to learn from all of you)
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by niksworth » Fri Oct 08, 2010 6:34 pm
All one has to do with cattle is -
A. leave them alone while they feed themselves
and then
B. 1. corral them
and
B. 2. drive them to market when the time is ripe.
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by clock60 » Sat Oct 09, 2010 2:38 am
thank you guys. for your sharing. i see the point now.
seems that both are ||, and the difference is between one thing and all
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