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OpenStudy (kameron018):

How can the following sentence be rewritten to make it sound more formal and detached? He accused Meghan of causing all the dirty work he had to do.

OpenStudy (kameron018):

He pointed a finger at Meghan for all the dirty work he had to do. He condemned Meghan's mistakes as the cause of all the disagreeable work. He attributed much of the disagreeable work at hand to Meghan's inadequacies. He slyly shifted the blame for much of the dirty work onto Meghan's shoulders

OpenStudy (anonymous):

Do you have an idea?

OpenStudy (kameron018):

no, I am stumped. I am not very good at things like this, but very smart in others

OpenStudy (kameron018):

In other subjects I mean

OpenStudy (anonymous):

I would think its C, since 'attributed' is a word that is more detached then 'slyly' or 'condemned'.

OpenStudy (kameron018):

But why that one rather than the others? It was correct, but all of the others sounded right too...

OpenStudy (anonymous):

They are all correct. But it is asking which is the most formal. Saying he condemned or blamed or pointed fingers isn't formal.

OpenStudy (kameron018):

Oh, ok I see. Would you mind helping me with other questions? I wont ask for just the answer, I always want to know why

OpenStudy (anonymous):

Of course. Just tag me in a new thread.

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