LOCUÇÃO PREPOSITIVA – OUT OF no sentido contextual de FROM AMONG – CESPE–2006–ANATEL – ANALISTA ADMINISTRATIVO – LÍNGUA INGLESA.

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(CESPE–2006–ANATEL – ANALISTA ADMINISTRATIVO)

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In fact, in some cases, Brazil has held multimedia application launches simultaneously with the United States, tremendously increasing the economic and digital inclusion that cellular telephony has fomented in recent years. The heavy impact of mobile communication on Brazilian society can be measured by the expansion of the customer base, which has been growing at historic rates of 30% a year and now serves over 50 million customers. In other words, four out of every ten Brazilians have a cellular telephone.

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➧ Based on the text above, judge the following item.

(   ) Six out of ten Brazilians don’t have a cellular phone yet.

Resposta :  C (Correto)

- Questão sobre a locução prepositiva OUT OF no sentido contextual de FROM AMONG:

• OUT OF (= from among an amount or number) - DE CADA, DENTRE UMA QUANTIDADE, DE UM TOTAL, DENTRE DE UM NÚMERO.

• Nine out of ten people said they liked the product. - Nove de cada dez pessoas disseram que gostaram do produto. [Cambridge Dictionary]
• No one got 20 out of 20 in the test. - Ninguém acertou 20 de 20 (= todas as respostas corretas) no teste. [Cambridge Dictionary]
• Four out of five people like this song. - Quatro de cada cinco pessoas gostam dessa música. [The Free Dictionary]

- RESOLUÇÃO RÁPIDA:

➧ Based on the text above, judge the following item.

(C) Six out of ten Brazilians don’t have a cellular phone yet. (Seis de cada dez brasileiros ainda não têm telefone celular.)

- O autor no texto afirma que:

• "[...] In other words, four out of every ten Brazilians have a cellular telephone." (Ou seja, quatro de cada dez brasileiros possuem telefone celular.)
• CONCLUSÃO: Se 4 de cada 10 brasileiros possuem telefone celular, então 6 de cada 10 brasileiros não têm telefone celular.
• Portanto, o item está correto.