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Taka Posted 18 years ago
Grammar

fix

1span00There will be moments when you either can't 01b00get it fixed in your mind02b00 or find an effective way to put it on the paper. Don't panic. Talk to your lecturer or your friends. 01i00Above all, when you come to write it up, make it as simple as possible. Draw up a list of the points you want to make. Each point should be expressed in no more than 12 words. If you have thought it through effectively, the outline of the essay will be there.02i00 02span02br
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00How would you interpret 'get it fixed' above?02span00 0-
  

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0Settle on the idea you want to use (and perhaps how you want to convey that idea)02br 02br 00Other ways of saying the same thing:02br 02br 00Get it settled 02br 02br 00Get it straight 0-

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  • 0Settle on the idea you want to use (and perhaps how you want to convey that idea)02br 02br 00Other ways of saying the same thing:02br 02br 00Get it settled 02br 02br 00Get it straight 0-
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0Settle on the idea you want to use (and perhaps how you want to convey that idea)02br
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0What about 'organize the idea' or' clarify the idea'? 0-
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0Both are good, and of the four, I like "clarify" the best. Since "fix" was a bit of an idiom, I was giving other idioms, but I think "clarify" is a superior choice.0-
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00Let me ask this to make things clear. That 'fix(ed)' is semantically different from these kinds of 'fix' below, right?02br
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00・01u00Fix02u00 the fact in your mind!02br
00・He tried to 01u00fix02u00 the scene in his mind. 0-
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0Let me ask how you see them as being different.02br
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00(For me, they are shades of the same meaning. If something is perfectly clear, it's accepted as fact. If I get it fixed in my mind, it's clear to me that it's a fact. Indeed, sometimes you get something fixed in your mind that turns out not to be factual, but for some reason you have accepted it as being so. I think
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0In my opinion, the core meaning of 'to fix something' is 'to stabilize something', and 'to stabilize the data in your brain' could be either 'to remember something clearly' or 'to understand something clearly' depending on context.02br
00The text in question is not about memorization, so 'to clarify something' is close to 'to get it fixed' there.02br
00To your native spe
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0Then I completely agree with you. I would NOT use the "to memorize" as a translation for "get it fixed" in the example you first gave. It's definitely about getting clarity, not memorization.0-
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01cite10Grammar Geek12cite10Then I completely agree with you.12br
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11cite20Grammar Geek22cite20 I would NOT use the "to memorize" as a translation for "get it fixed" in the example you first gave.22br
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0Just like your footprint gets fixed in cement, so will that fact stay fixed in my mind.0-
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0OK. So the fact remains in one's mind. Thanks, GG! 0-
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