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Sat 21 Jul, 2007 10:37 am
For countless hours of his youth, Eddie longed for his father's attention, sitting on railings, squatting on his short pants atop tool chests in the repair shop. Often he would offer, "I can help, I can help," but the only job ______ on him was crawling beneath the worktable in the morning to pick up the screws and nails that had dropped on the floor from the day's work.
Could someone please let me know what word should fill in the blank?
Many thanks.
"Bestowed" might work, too. (Bestowed on = given to.)
sozobe wrote:"Bestowed" might work, too. (Bestowed on = given to.)
Often he would offer, "I can help, I can help," but the only job ______ on him was crawling beneath the worktable in the morning to pick up the screws and nails that had dropped on the floor from the day's work.
Can we say 'the only job
bestowed on him ... '? I don't think so, but I may be wrong.
Many thanks.
i think that bestowed works (and i can't think of a word to replace it)
I agree with both Sozobe and Po. Admitedly, this is not an ideal use of the word "bestowed" but I can not think of a better word. Whoever prepared the question would have better served his class in English if he had used the word "to" instead of "on". I believe you could then have found several words to fill in the blank.
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