Le Baron wrote:Was it Monty Python or Fry & Laurie? Or perhaps The Two Ronnies?
I could also be considered the 'administrator' who can't do. I have no talents, but for needling. I should probably go into politics, but it's bad enough already.
I was thinking Fry & Laurie.
Don't misunderstand. I wasn't criticizing your analysis. I think you're right that "reverted" and "enacted" were not good word choices in those contexts. We would expect above average language usage in a test like ODA, but what you revealed is that it is sub-par. From that, I extrapolated that the test writers were 'administrator' types. The other George Bernard Shaw quote was just to give some context for anyone who hadn't heard it before. You, as a native speaker with a rich background, I assumed knew that quote, and the Woody Allen joke quote, 'those who can't teach, teach gym'.