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Je_nie_dieu Posted 19 years ago
Vocabulary

cogitate

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00I'm wondering is it possible to say that :02br
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00These days there is a wide choice of housing. 01b00Therefore one must cogitate about all the circumstances before purchasing an accommodation.02b02br
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00I think it's too formal in some places like "cogitate about", but also too informal (for instance, these days there is). Am I right? Maybe you could give some advices on how to make these two sentences normal (like semi-formal)?02br
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00Waiting impatiently for help 050010id1
  

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02br 02br 00"Currently there is a wide choice of housing. " 0-

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0 How about:...02br
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0 One rarely sees this verb. Use 01i00ponder, consider, think02i00. 02br
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0500230hrefhttp://www.m-w.com/dictionary/cogitate
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0Annvan, thank you very much 050010id1
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0I'd just like to add to Annvan's suggestion: In American English, we would not say "purcahse an accomdation" to mean "buy a house." 02br
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00I associated "accomodations" with when you are travelling, or even staying for a longer time somewhere, but not your "home." 02br
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00And perhaps you did mean the more general sense of "Where you stay" as oppos
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01cite10Marius Hancu12cite10One 10rarely sees10 this verb. Use 11i10ponder, consider, think12i10. 12br
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11b01font00Usually only in the Latin 01i00Cogito ergo sum02i00.

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