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24 May
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English (US)
Question about English (US)
Opinion polling is hardly an exact science.
This means like 'Opinion polling rarely shows public opinion accurately.'
Am I right?
Opinion polling is hardly an exact science.
This means like 'Opinion polling rarely shows public opinion accurately.'
Am I right?
This means like 'Opinion polling rarely shows public opinion accurately.'
Am I right?
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- English (US)
NO!
It means that sometimes the polls are wrong. You can make the same sentence about the weather. Weather forecasting is hardly an exact science. Does that mean the weather forecast is rarely correct?
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- Japanese
Thank you. So, does that mean like 'Opinion polling fails to reflect public opinion from time to time'?

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