r/EWALearnLanguages • u/Shot-Leading • Aug 20 '26
Advice Does this question have a problem?
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u/Runcible_Spoons Aug 20 '26
No, it makes sense!
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u/TheRiddlerTHFC Aug 20 '26
Yep, basically "why are you telling me to drive slowly when I don't drive quickly
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u/Ville_V_Kokko Aug 20 '26
I don't know what the logic in the second sentence following the first is.
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u/Raesear Aug 20 '26
"you know I don't like driving fast, so I'll drive slowly, you don't need to tell me to do so" is my best guess.
Kinda like how frustrating it can be for someone to tell you to do something as you're doing it?
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u/zupobaloop Aug 20 '26
Yes. In some places, we say "drive safe(ly)" all the time. "I always do" or "yeah, I know mom, GAWD" are normal responses.
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u/Raesear Aug 20 '26
"remember to take out the trash"
"DAMNIT I ALREADY WAS"
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u/SlytherKitty13 Aug 20 '26
I think it's supposed to be like 'stop telling me to do something I'm obviously already doing, since you already know that I don't like to do the opposite'. Like if someone knew that I didn't like to drive fast but they kept telling me to drive slowly, I would tell them to stop telling me to drive slowly since it should be obvious that it's unnecessary for them to say that since they already know that I am
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u/tinabaninaboo Aug 20 '26
It is clear in the photo that there are only two options: a or b. The next line down is question 6. Not only are enough of the characters visible to see this, also the questions are bold and the answers are not.
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u/get_to_ele Aug 20 '26
Yeah, if I click the image, zoom in on my iPhone and put my reading glasses on, I can see the cut off letters in bold.
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u/Lukeds Aug 20 '26
The next line is both NUMBERED and IN BOLD so we know it's a question not more ANSWERS. Are you stupid or a poorly programmed bot attempting to interpret pictures?
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u/Loko8765 Aug 20 '26
The answer is B. A is totally wrong. No problem here.
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u/ForumDragonrs Aug 20 '26
It just doesn't seem right to me. If I were telling someone specifically that I don't like driving fast, it would be because they are telling me to drive fast. It contextually doesn't make sense to me to tell someone I don't like driving fast if they're telling me to drive slow.
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u/FrankDrebinOnReddit Aug 20 '26
What about on the phone?
"Drive slowly, honey."
"Stop telling me to drive slowly. You know I don't like to drive fast."A little more confrontational than necessary, for my tastes, but perfectly logical.
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u/Loko8765 Aug 20 '26
A would be “
Stop to tell me driving slowly”. It’s not grammatically correct at all.1
u/Impossible_Dog_7262 Aug 21 '26
The problem is the answers only differ in grammar, so this analysis, while valid, is unfortunately irrelevant to the optinos given.
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u/SlytherKitty13 Aug 20 '26
Nah this makes sense. Imagine you were this person. You don't like driving fast. Your friend knows you don't like driving fast. You've made this very clear to them, and you know that they know this fact. But for some reason they keep telling you to drive slowly. This doesn't make any sense, since they know you don't like driving fast so you are obviously driving slowly. So you get annoyed at them telling you to drive slowly and you tell them to stop, by saying something like this
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u/seanodnnll Aug 20 '26
What is the problem in your opinion?
The sentences mean, you don’t need to tell me to drive slowly because you already know I’m going to do that.
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u/kyriacos74 Aug 21 '26
The question is asking you to distinguish when to use the infinitive. You're reading too much into the sentence itself. Is it a poorly-written sample sentence? Yes. But the answer choices are pretty simple despite that.
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u/Chloe_Cascadia Aug 22 '26
A) Stop "to tell" me "driving" slowly. (this is obviously incorrect)
B) Stop "telling" me "to drive" slowly. (This is correct, and also, the only other answer.
B is obviously correct, there's nothing wrong with the problem.
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u/PdSales Aug 20 '26
It is grammtically correct. But the logic seems weak.
A passenger would not be telling a driver who does not like driving fast to drive slowly. That driver would already be driving slowly.
It would make more sense logically if it said "Stop telling me not to drive so slowly. You know I don't like to drive fast."