Tons of SC questions

fresh101
Sat, 02 Jan 2010 13:27:23 +0000

“conformed to” is fine, but “conclusive” is not. The “merely” indicates that the first blank’s word should contrast with “definitive”; “conclusive” is roughly synonymous in this context.

However, the “merely”, i thought, modifies the word that should fill in the blank. So, “merely conclusive”, i thought, would mean unconclusive. No?