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Anonymous Posted 21 years ago
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achieve / attain
Why is: "you can attain a good English education when you keep up learning as it is now" wrong? and "you can achieve a good English education when you keep up learning as it is now" right ?
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Neither "attain a good ... education" nor "achieve a good ... education" seem particularly wrong to me.
- Neither "attain a good ...
- education" nor "achieve a good ...
- education" seem particularly wrong to me.
- If anything, "attain" seems better, but I'm not particularly happy with either choice.
- I'd have used "obtain a good ...
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Neither "attain a good ... education" nor "achieve a good ... education" seem particularly wrong to me. If anything, "attain" seems better, but I'm not particularly happy with either choice. I'd have used "obtain a good ... education" or, informally, "get a good ... education".
There is something wrong about the ending, however.
"when you keep up learning as it is now" should b
There is something wrong about the ending, however.
"when you keep up learning as it is now" should b
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