loquatious or loquacious?

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English Language Proficiency Tests, Advanced Level

ESL/EFL Test #875 [color=blue]“Workplace relations”, question 7

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(a) lucid
(b) fluid
(c) flaccid
(d) loquatious

English Language Proficiency Tests, Advanced Level

ESL/EFL Test #875 [color=blue]“Workplace relations”, answer 7

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Correct answer: (a) lucid
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I have a question: loquatious or loquacious? (what is the difference between them?)

loquatious (can you explain me please, what does it mean?)

loquacious (smb. who speaks a lot, am I right?)

Thank You for your replay:)

ps.:this site helps me a lot to improve my English!
I want (to )thank all of YOU!
(should I use “to” in the above mentioned sentence?) (and here “to” is inf. or prep.?)
Thanks a lot!:)))

Have a nice and pleasant day:)

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There is a n error in the test. The correct spelling is ‘loquacious’.

‘I want to thank all of you’ is correct - you need the ‘to’ (inf).

You should also have used ‘to’ with me: ‘Can you explain to me what it means please.’

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Thank you, dear Beeesneees! (as it seems to me, you’re a good and interesting teacher, I can’t guess who are you (or who you’re?): male or female. According to your avi: male, but according to your name:both (becouse I’ve got in my mind such words as: “business” and “bees”) (I’m a painter, so I’ve a big imagination:)
And now I have another question (as always, when I’m facing with English, as language)
What is the difference between:
“What does it mean?”
and
“What it means?”
(when we use this or that?)
Thank you forward your replay, dear B.:slight_smile:

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‘What it means?’ is not correct as a question. The phrase can be used to introduce an explanation like this:
What it means for us is that…
What it means is that…
but as you have written it, it should not be used at all.

What does it mean?’ is the correct question format.

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Tahnk you very much…and for ex. in your sentence: ‘Can you explain to me what it means please.’
(when you explained me the prep. “to”)
thank you forward.

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‘Thank you forward’ doesn’t make any sense, sorry.

Perhaps you meant ‘thank you in advance’ which is correct English, but also doesn’t make sense in your message.
Thank you in advance’ is used when you thank someone before they have provided any help, in the expectation that the help will come …

… or perhaps you meant ‘thank you again’ - which makes sense in this context.

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Dear Beeesneees,
yes, I meant that I thank someone before I have any help, but I think it will come soon.
so, I’ll know: thank you in advance.

ps.:But you said, that “what it means” is not correct, as I thought before. But in your sentence: ‘Can you explain to me what it means please.’ why you used, pleas, explain me.
Thank You again!

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Hi Maryiam,

Please look at these two sentences:
I’d like to know what it means.
What does it mean?

As you can see ‘what it means’ can’t stand alone while ‘What does it mean’ can.

By the way, ‘explain me’ is wrong. It should be ‘explain to me’.

Hope this helps.
Torsten[YSaerTTEW443543]

TOEIC listening, talks: Giving a motivational speech to staff during an economic crisis[YSaerTTEW443543]

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Thank You very much, Dear Torsen!:slight_smile:
It helped me so much:)
ps.:the above mentioned sentence is grammatically right?