Original sentence: it ended up fighting. My teacher said it is wrong. It should be ended up in a fighting. Is it correct?
Original sentence: They should see it as a precious experience. My teacher said I should use treat instead of see. because he said it is Chinglish. I doubt if it is correct??
Original sentence: Their couch should instilled sportsmanship into them to let .... . similiar question. My teacher said it should be instilled to not instilled into. but I had consulted the dictionary before and it says instilled sth. into sb.
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It ended up in a fight. "See" is fine. "Treat" means something a little different.
— Enoon
It ended up in a fight.
"See" is fine.
"Treat" means something a little different.
You meant "coach", no doubt.
We instill things into things.
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"See" means to adopt a certain opinion about it. "Treat" means to act according to it. The two meanings are quite similar, and there is really not as much difference as I make it sound.