Q&A - P2 English

[Sarah]

My girl wrote Answer 1 but her teacher marked her wrong. The given answer was Answer 2.

Any comments?

[ChiefKiasu]

Sarah:

My girl wrote Answer 1 but her teacher marked her wrong. The given answer was Answer 2.

Any comments?

Answer 2 is the more \"sensible\" answer, but there is nothing wrong with answer 1 in either grammar or semantics. Can go argue with teacher .

[jedamum]

Sarah:

My girl wrote Answer 1 but her teacher marked her wrong. The given answer was Answer 2.

Any comments?

Er...maybe because local public buses are seldom on time in reaching their intended bus-stops, so there is no way to cite being late at the bus-stop as a reason to miss the bus?
Nay..pardon my nonsense.

[Jennifer]

jedamum:

Sarah:

My girl wrote Answer 1 but her teacher marked her wrong. The given answer was Answer 2.

Any comments?

Er...maybe because local public buses are seldom on time in reaching their intended bus-stops, so there is no way to cite being late at the bus-stop as a reason to miss the bus?
Nay..pardon my nonsense.

I sort of agree with your argument.

[corneyAmber]

If there is a ‘school’ prefix for the bus, then ( a ) would be more correct since school bus comes at a designated time.


However, in the generic sense, ( b ) seems more apt as one usually needs to give a reason for being late.

[vkoh]

Answer2 should be correct as he missed the bus ( reason) 1st, that is why he was late.

[KSP]

To me,


Ans1 means : He missed the bus because he was late (to catch the bus).
Ans2 means : He was late (maybe for school) because he missed the bus.

So it depends where the word late is referring to in this statement.

[ChiefKiasu]

KSP:

To me,


Ans1 means : He missed the bus because he was late (to catch the bus).
Ans2 means : He was late (maybe for school) because he missed the bus.

So it depends where the word late is referring to in this statement.

Conclusion: Bad question. Need to beat teacher's backside. :evil:

[buds]

Heyya all,


Probably, one must be late first before one
gets to miss the bus, ay…

Hence, the logic for Answer 2.

Yes, i agree with chief.
Go argue with teacher!
Hahahaa!

Which sch this question came from,
can you share?

My friend was saying everything is back to language.
Even, maths problems now are more of language than
being a pure mathematics question on concepts. The
language used, why must it induce confusion in child’s
brain, my friend sighed out loud?

He quoted, even the popular more and less
questions in P1 are already so confusing…

[buds]

Heyya Chief,


Make that public caning instead.
Wuahahahahaa!

Crime?
Misleading questions leading to
confused children. And parents!

I'm interested to know the logic
behind the answer deemed correct
by the teacher...

Yeah, English IS wonderful!