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Sun 94 Posted 15 years ago
Essay & Composition Writing

Do you see or find any mistakes?

When you want your studnets to find and correct mistakes in a sentence on the chalkboard, what do you say?

Do you see any mistakes in the sentence?

Do you find any mistakes in the sentence?
  

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1. CAN you FIND any mistakes in this sentence - good, you're asking them to TRY to FIND mistakes 2. CAN you SEE any mistakes in this sentence - good 3.

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  • CAN you FIND any mistakes in this sentence - good, you're asking them to TRY to FIND mistakes 2.
  • CAN you SEE any mistakes in this sentence - good 3.
  • DO you SEE any mistakes in this sentence - good, not as explicit as (1) but it's obvious what you're asking for 4.
  • DO you FIND any mistakes in this sentence - bad, because you should be asking the students to LOOK FOR the mistakes (either directly like 1 and 2, or by implication like in 3).
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1. CAN you FIND any mistakes in this sentence - good, you're asking them to TRY to FIND mistakes

2. CAN you SEE any mistakes in this sentence - good

3. DO you SEE any mistakes in this sentence - good, not as explicit as (1) but it's obvious what you're asking for

4. DO you FIND any mistakes in this sentence - bad, because you should be asking the students to LOOK FOR the
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Can you find any mistakes in this sentence-- is good.. it will be a polite way. and it means that is it possible to find any mistakes..

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