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Feb 20, 2025

Nelson’s hobby is tinkering with small appliances. tinkering with implies that nelson is unskilled at his hobby. you want to change

Nelson's hobby is tinkering with small appliances. tinkering with implies that nelson is unskilled at his hobby. you want to change the flavor of this sentence to show that nelson is, in fact, quite skilled at his hobby. which of the following should you choose to replace tinkering with so that the reader gets the right idea? a. fiddling with b. selling c. messing with d. repairing

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A. Repairing Explanation:“Fiddle with” has a similar meaning to “tinker with”: it means to touch something restlessly or nervously, often with the purpose of making improvements; “Messing with” means to meddle or interfere with something, so it does not either express that Nelson is skilled at his hobby, and neither does “Selling,” which comes from the verb “to sell.” “Repairing,” on the other hand, means to restore something damaged or worn to a good condition, and it is the only word that can change the flavor of the sentence to show that Nelson is quite skilled with small appliances.... Show More
cExplanation:he is repairing... my grandpa used to say that he was going to tinker on his computer in his office. he rebuilt computers for a living tis what he ment... Show More
C. repairing because it implies he can actually fix them and is not only "messing with" them.... Show More
The answer should be b messing with.Reason why because tinkering means to play or mess around with different objects... Show More
The answer would be a. Repairing, because "fiddling with" implies the same thing as "tinkering with" does, "selling" completely changes the meaning of the sentence, and "messing with" implies that he is even less skilled than "tinkering with" implies. Repairing things almost always takes skill.... Show More
The correct answer is B.To tinker with is the same as to fiddle with which means to handle something casually... Show More
You want to change the flavor of this sentence to show that Nelson is... Show More
Nelson is, in fact, quite skilled at his hobby. A. Repairing... Show More

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