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Silak12 Posted 9 years ago
Grammar

Consider/understand/construe

Hi! everyone.
Could you tell me in what possible scenarios can we say the sentences below and what they mean? I would be much obliged.
1: You have to consider the two words as a whole not individually.
2: You have to understand the two words as a whole not individually.
3: You have to construe the two words as a whole not individually.
And Would you tell me the difference between "individually" and "separately"?
Thanks!
  

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In the context of words, these three verbs mean the same thing ("construe," however, is very formal and academic-sounding and is rarely used in everyday conversation), and "separately" could be substituted here, for example: A: "He says I'm a bleeding heart. There's nothing wrong with my heart. " B: "You have to consider/understand/construe the two words as a whole, not individually/separately.

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  • In the context of words, these three verbs mean the same thing ("construe," however, is very formal and academic-sounding and is rarely used in everyday conversation), and "separately" could be substituted here, for example: A: "He says I'm a bleeding heart.
  • There's nothing wrong with my heart.
  • " B: "You have to consider/understand/construe the two words as a whole, not individually/separately.
  • "
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In the context of words, these three verbs mean the same thing ("construe," however, is very formal and academic-sounding and is rarely used in everyday conversation), and "separately" could be substituted here, for example:

A: "He says I'm a bleeding heart. There's nothing wrong with my heart. What's he trying to say?"
B: "You have to consider/understand/construe the two words as
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