After each of the following sentences, a list of possible interpretations of the sentence is...

ENGLISH
WAEC 2010

After each of the following sentences, a list of possible interpretations of the sentence is given. Choose the interpretation that you consider most appropriate for each sentence.

I would have visited you but for my father's ill health. This means that my

  • A. father's ill health would have made me to visit you
  • B. father's ill health prevented me from visiting you
  • C. father's threatened to fall ill if I visited you
  • D. father did not fall ill, so I couldn't visit you

Correct Answer: B. father's ill health prevented me from visiting you

Explanation

He couldn't visit because of his father's ill health



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