quirrell
 
Reply Wed 27 May, 2015 04:39 am
After you finish your beginner's course, you will be ______ with a partner.

a. paired
b. coupled

Which is the answer?
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Ionus
 
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Reply Wed 27 May, 2015 06:22 am
@quirrell,
Paired .

Coupled has too strong a sense of joining together .
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gungasnake
 
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Reply Fri 29 May, 2015 04:11 am
"Coupled" is more often used regarding mechanical or other inanimate things; "paired" works better for people.
dalehileman
 
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Reply Fri 29 May, 2015 01:56 pm
@gungasnake,
To couple also means to f........
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