Can I say "It's right answer" instead of "It's correct answer"?
2015年5月16日 · An example: Suppose you are a contestant in a trivia game. Typically in such games each question has only one correct answer. You answer a question. Host: "I'm sorry, that's not the right answer." A few minutes later, they issue a correction: "It turns out that was a correct answer, so we have awarded you the points."
"right" vs "correct" - English Language & Usage Stack Exchange
This might apply, for example, to a question of ethics ("is this the right thing to do?"); again, using "correct" here would imply that there is an absolute answer that no-one could possibly disagree with. "Right" can still be used in places where "correct" would be appropriate (such as a maths problem), but not the necessarily the other way ...
What is the difference between "an answer" and "the answer"?
@Dani: I misunderstood your comment. Sorry. I'll revise mine: Sometimes the testee will be told to "choose the best answer" instead of "the correct answer" on a multiple-choice test because all the answers for a particular question are correct, but one is more complete than the others. Yes, then that most complete answer is the answer. –
What do we call questions which have a definite, known answer?
2014年9月2日 · The SE model would cease to exist if every question only had one correct answer. It's precisely because there isn't one clear-cut answer that many users post a question. They are ‘lost’ in a labyrinth of over-information and contradictory explanations. As a reminder, the questions listed above, all conform to the criteria asked by the OP
"I'm well" vs. "I'm good" vs. "I'm doing well", etc
2010年8月13日 · This would be an answer to . How would you describe your character, superman? I'm good. — How are you? I'm doing good. [Grammatically incorrect.] because good is an adjective, not an adverb. — How are you? I'm doing well. [Correct.] because well is an adverb describing how you are doing. How are you? I'm doing fine. [Correct.] because fine ...
Which is correct vs which one is correct? [duplicate]
2019年8月11日 · Nice answer. But consider this: the is in X is is only correct if X is singular. So the one can be omitted - but you can always say which one to emphasize if the listener/reader might not be paying attention or you otherwise want to be really clear. –
What is correct answer for the question "Do you have..."?
2016年2月7日 · What is the correct answer for the question "Do you have" (For example: Do you have money?") options that I thought about: a) Yes, I do. b) Yes, I do have. c) something else? I know that the correct answer for the question "Do you like it" is "Yes, I do" or "No, I don't". But in this case I have doubt because of the word "have".
What is a word for a question that has no answer because it is ...
I believe the correct answer to your friends question though is "Mu" (to indicate a question whose "answer" is to un-ask the question, indicate the question is fundamentally flawed -Wikipedia). As to the assertion that all questions are valid, you might ask your friend why he left his shoes untied (assuming of course that he did not).
What do you call a response which does not address the question?
2014年12月19日 · I agree that the answer is a non sequitur for cases where the response is truly unrelated, and that this tactic may be employed as a dodge, as in the example. But you can also answer with a seeming non sequitur as a way of answering obliquely.
Filling out forms that ask for “relationship with”
2012年10月4日 · That being out the way, the correct response, assuming you are the father, should be simply "father", since the question is directed at the person filling the form. On the other hand, if the question began thus: "Child's relationship to person filling the form", or something along those lines, then the correct response in your case would be ...