(analyse/check) Are these correct

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1) The repairman "checked" the car to realize the problem.
2) The doctor "checked" the patient to realize her problem.
3) The kid "analysed" the toy car for some moments and then threw it away.
4) The teacher checked the exam papers to correct them and give them scores.
5) First check the area and make sure there's no spying cameras, then...

GPY · Accepted Answer

The use of "realize" is incorrect in (1) and (2).

(3) is a correctly formed sentence, but to me the formality of "analysed" seems a little mismatched with the informality of "kid".

(4) is passable, but is not the greatest sentence ever written, in my opinion. The connection "check ... to correct ..." is not ideal.

(5) I would say "spy cameras" rather than "spying cameras". "to make sure" seems better in careful English, though colloquially people may well use "and".

I do not recommend that you use quotation marks to highlight words within a sentence. It is potentially unclear whether the quotation marks are part of the sentence itself. To highlight words within a sentence that you want to draw attention to, you can use bold or underline.

Mojtaba vahdati · Answer

Thanks GPY.
what's wrong with realize?

GPY · Answer

mojtaba vahdatiThanks GPY.what's wrong with realize?

"realize", in the closest relevant sense, describes an event that you have no direct control over. It "just happens". You can't really do something in order to "realize" something, as your sentences imply. You can use a word like "determine" or "ascertain" instead.

By the way, just to clarify my advice on quotation marks, it is fine to write this:

What's wrong with "realize"?

This is because the quotation marks are a proper part of the sentence. What is potentially confusing is using quotation marks to highlight words in an example sentence; for example, writing:

The repairman "checked" the car to realize the problem.

This is because it can appear as if the quotation marks are a part of the actual sentence, implying, in this case, that the word "checked" is used ironically, and that the repairman did not check the car properly.

Sorry if this seems complicated.

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