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Dot.dot.dot Posted 14 years ago
Vocabulary

a few random questions

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.

Thanks
  

Top answer

It ended up in a fight. "See" is fine. "Treat" means something a little different.

  • 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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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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thank you for your reply.
and what is the difference between treat and see when we use these words in that sentence?
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"They should see it as a precious experience."

"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.

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