What do they mean?
1 what does "passable" mean here and what does "which it doesn't ask to start" mean? and what is this "it"?
A barely passable virus scanning program that updates at the worst possible times. Tends to render your computer completely useless whenever it starts an update (which it doesn't ask to start and you can't cancel or pause)
2 what does this "just" before "a miserable existance" mean?
“The drought drives our lives so much right now,” Casey Murdock says in the multimedia piece. “It’s just a miserable existence.”
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Answers · 8
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Passable means something that is adequate of acceptable. In the case of this statement, it means that it is barely adequate/acceptable.
Which it doesn't ask to start... means that the program does not give the computer user a pop-up window asking if the person wants the program to install the update at that point in time. The program simply runs the update, whether it is convenient for the user or not.
As for the word "it" in the statement, it is referring to the program. It could be rewritten as "which the program doesn't ask to start..." instead.
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"just" in this sentence is an emphasis marker used to emphasize the fact of the miserable existence.
I hope I've helped to answer your questions.
~Samantha :)
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passable mean acceptable or ok. and "which it doesnt ask to start" is the program not asking permission before it starts to update.
the just implies that that is all there is "just a miserable existence" and nothing else
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