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monsieur_ankit
 Post subject: correct idiom
 Post Posted: Fri Sep 02, 2011 3:04 am 
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The manager of regional sales spoke with the distributor about the late shipment , and after a lenghty and heated dicussion the freight was subsequently reduced.

(a) spoke with the distributor about the late shipment , and after a lenghty and heated dicussion the freight was subsequently reduced

(b) spoke to the distributor about the late shipment , and after a lenghty and heated dicussionthe freight was subsequently reduced

(c)spoke with the distributor regarding the late shipment , and after a lenghty and heated dicussionthe freight was subsequently reduced



when to use about/regarding,what is the correct usage- spoke to /spoke with
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varun_783
 Post subject: Re: correct idiom
 Post Posted: Thu Sep 08, 2011 3:01 pm 
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Hi,

Can you please post the remaining answer choices and also mention the source of the question?

Thanks

Sunil

PS: Not sure about the spoke to or spoke with but googling shows that spoke to is American whereas spoke with is British
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saket.khard
 Post subject: Re: correct idiom
 Post Posted: Fri Sep 09, 2011 3:43 am 
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monsieur_ankit wrote:
The manager of regional sales spoke with the distributor about the late shipment , and after a lenghty and heated dicussion the freight was subsequently reduced.

(a) spoke with the distributor about the late shipment , and after a lenghty and heated dicussion the freight was subsequently reduced

(b) spoke to the distributor about the late shipment , and after a lenghty and heated dicussionthe freight was subsequently reduced

(c)spoke with the distributor regarding the late shipment , and after a lenghty and heated dicussion the freight was subsequently reduced



when to use about/regarding,what is the correct usage- spoke to /spoke with



if we go by the dictionary meaning then
Regarding -- with respect to
e.g. - I have a question regarding your earlier comments
or, the teacher talked to the students regarding their homework

Synomyms of Regarding -- Concerning, of, on, ABOUT, toward (or towards)

'talk with' suggests an extended conversation
'talk to' = the simple action - has the sense of direct communication person to person..

I really feel that we can use either in most of the cases.

But, let's see the following examples-

eg- 1) who is that person talking to Jane -- the first one gives a feeling that you just want to know about the person who is is talking to jane.

2) who is that person talking with Jane -- in addition to the previous meaning, this sentence also means that you are actually saying that Jane is have a conversation with that person.

I hope this helps.
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vivekhnbu
 Post subject: Re: correct idiom
 Post Posted: Sat Sep 10, 2011 8:01 am 
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(1) spoke to is correct.
(2) about/regarding can be used interchangeably here.

IMO B

What is the OA?
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tim
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 Post Posted: Tue Oct 25, 2011 5:56 pm 
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The GMAT will not test on these issues. This is an invalid question. Please post the source or we will have to close this thread..

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