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08-25-2003, 09:40 PM
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#1 | | June 27th
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I just finished writing my final final! (hehe!) And there are two questions on the test that relate to each other:
Questions:
3. T/F - NewsHub updates its news stories daily.
22. The NewsHub site updates its news database with information from a number of wire services every _________________________.
My Answers:
3. T
22. 15 minutes
The Real Answers:
3. F
22. 15 Minutes.
Now, NewsHub is updated every 15 minutes, which is still daily. Therefore I answered true to question 3. I got it wrong, and he wont give me the mark for it, even though I specifically answered later on in the test that I know its updated every 15 minutes.
Do you think I should have gotten the mark for question #3? | 
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08-25-2003, 09:56 PM
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#2 | | Smooth Criminal
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Daily implies only once a day. I would have marked you wrong. | |
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08-25-2003, 09:58 PM
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#3 | | June 27th
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Valid response, but questions, especially for final exams, are supposed to be specific. In which case, the question should have read:
3. T/F - NewsHub updates its news stories once a day. | |
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08-25-2003, 10:00 PM
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#4 | | Smooth Criminal
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Good point. Who wrote the exam, your teacher? | |
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08-25-2003, 10:00 PM
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#5 | | June 27th
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Yes... he's not the brightest guy in the world. | |
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08-25-2003, 10:02 PM
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#6 | | Woot
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I think you should be marked right. The question was worded wrong. | |
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08-25-2003, 10:02 PM
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#7 | | Smooth Criminal
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There's no way you're going to convince the guy who wrote it that it's wrong and you deserve the point. If it's that important to you, you'll have to take it to a higher power. | |
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08-26-2003, 12:02 AM
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#8 | | Access Denied
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Technically, I think you're right.
The definition of daily is " occurring or done each day.". The word "once" doesn't appear in any definitions of the word that I found.  | |
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08-26-2003, 04:25 PM
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#9 | | June 27th
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Quote: Originally posted by GlamGurl
Technically, I think you're right.
The definition of daily is "occurring or done each day.". The word "once" doesn't appear in any definitions of the word that I found. | Exactly! And I clearly defined later on in the exam that I knew it was updated every 15 minutes. So, the fact that I got that one right, should be an indication that I knew what I was talking about in the T/F question. | |
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08-26-2003, 05:20 PM
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#10 | | Broken Into Two
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OMG....your teacher is a fucking idiot.  Yes, you should have gotten that marked correct being that you got the second part right. | |
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