It totally depends on the situation if it's a professional occasion

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“It totally depends on the situation – if it's a professional occasion or if you're meeting someone for the first time, then being late is totally unacceptable.”

What is the best suited inference one can draw from the above sentence?

A. The speaker is very professional.
B. The speaker is conscious about being punctual.
C. The speaker is punctual according to the occasion.
D. The speaker does not give much importance to being punctual when meeting friends.
E. The speaker dislikes those who are late for professional occasions.

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Shwarma · Accepted Answer

Bunuel 
How is D the answer
Meeting friends... but that is not explicitly mentioned. What if you are meeting your friend for the first time? isn't it shaky
Why is C, not the answer... multiple occasions have been given to justify this right?

Akkiiii · Answer

I feel the answer should be E (Although I am also confused about B as well) as The speaker dislikes those who are "late for professional occasions" which could also be a possible inference. The statement does imply disapproval of being late for professional events or meetings, suggesting a certain level of dislike or at least a lack of tolerance for such behavior in those contexts.

So, both C and E could be valid interpretations depending on the context and emphasis of the speaker but in terms of inference I feel E suits better

So, both C and E could be valid interpretations depending on the context and emphasis of the speaker but in terms of inference I feel   E   suits better

sayan640 · Answer

C should be the answer. 
"..totally depends on the situation " means the speaker is punctual a cording to the situation. 
C states this and is the answer.

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VivekSri · Answer

Akkiiii · Answer

I understood the mistake that I made and I guess most of us. The correct answer should be  D since it is an INFERENCE  question. from the author, we can infer that we can meet our friends in an informal way.
The answer C & E are more suited when we have a CONCLUSION question

sayan640 · Answer

chetan2u  Would you like to discuss?..We all got it wrong.

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Endlessgmatstudy · Answer

Correct me if I am wrong, but I thought that-> when meeting someone in a professional occasion, we can not be 100% sure that this is not a meeting between friends talking about professioal stuff? I understand that this could be too much but we are cannot be sure whether the scope of professionalism isnt including a meeting between friends. So this uncairtenty lead me to believe that every answer choice is incorrect. Can someone explain?

Bunuel · Answer

Official Solution:

Clearly the speaker is talking about different situations. He is trying to say when being punctual is really important. And in doing so he is emphasizing on the fact that professional matters cannot be taken lightly and demand punctuality. We cannot conclude about the speaker's personal reactions from the above statement. What we can say is that the speaker has not given much importance to being unpunctual when one has to meet friends, since this is not talked about. Hence D is the best answer option.

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