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MUSCOVITE Posted 13 years ago
Vocabulary
Edit vs make edits
Hi,
You may find this question naive, silly, etc, but ... I badly need a native speaker's view on this :-)
(1) Edit your personal details file if necessary
(2) Make edits to your personal details file if necessary
(it is hoped either sentence is correct grammar)
I guess it is obvious that (1) and (2) are VERY close in meaning?
In my mind (1) implies more serious changes to the file than (2). Do you agree?
If there are say several dozen items in a personal details file and you need to update most of them, you will say "Edit the file", wont you?
On the other hand, if you only need to change a few lines/items in the file, you will probably say "Make edits to the file..."?
Or maybe my "interpretation" is way off the mark? Please give me your views on this.
Thank you!
mus-te
You may find this question naive, silly, etc, but ... I badly need a native speaker's view on this :-)
(1) Edit your personal details file if necessary
(2) Make edits to your personal details file if necessary
(it is hoped either sentence is correct grammar)
I guess it is obvious that (1) and (2) are VERY close in meaning?
In my mind (1) implies more serious changes to the file than (2). Do you agree?
If there are say several dozen items in a personal details file and you need to update most of them, you will say "Edit the file", wont you?
On the other hand, if you only need to change a few lines/items in the file, you will probably say "Make edits to the file..."?
Or maybe my "interpretation" is way off the mark? Please give me your views on this.
Thank you!
mus-te
Top answer
MUSCOVITE (it is hoped either sentence is correct grammar) Yes. MUSCOVITE I guess it is obvious that (1) and (2) are VERY close in meaning? They are synonymous.
- MUSCOVITE (it is hoped either sentence is correct grammar) Yes.
- MUSCOVITE I guess it is obvious that (1) and (2) are VERY close in meaning?
- They are synonymous.
- MUSCOVITE In my mind (1) implies more serious changes to the file than (2).
- Do you agree?
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MUSCOVITE(it is hoped either sentence is correct grammar)Yes.
MUSCOVITEI guess it is obvious that (1) and (2) are VERY close in meaning?They are synonymous.
MUSCOVITEIn my mind (1) implies more serious changes to the file than (2). Do you agree?No, they mean the same to me.
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