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Perfect Stranger Posted 10 years ago
Grammar

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Dear Users,

One quick question about the highlighted fragment below:

I use different levels of scaffolding for different groups of learners and create activities that provide the students with meaningful opportunities to explore the subject and to go into areas that might be out of their safety zone.

After opportunities I have the verb to explore and then there's an object following it... Should I precede go into with the to particle? I believe I should, but I might be wrong.

Thanks
  

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It's optional. I would probably omit it in that sentence. If you omit it, it tends to sound more as if the two actions (exploring and going) are connected or sequential, but it's not a dramatic difference.

— GPY

  • It's optional.
  • I would probably omit it in that sentence.
  • If you omit it, it tends to sound more as if the two actions (exploring and going) are connected or sequential, but it's not a dramatic difference.
  • "comfort zone" is the usual phrase for your kind of context, but it is so overworked that it is almost a relief to see a variation.
  • I assume "scaffolding" is a metaphor, is it?
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It's optional. I would probably omit it in that sentence. If you omit it, it tends to sound more as if the two actions (exploring and going) are connected or sequential, but it's not a dramatic difference.

"comfort zone" is the usual phrase for your kind of context, but it is so overworked that it is almost a relief to see a variation.

I assume "scaffolding" is a metaphor, is it?
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GPYI assume "scaffolding" is a metaphor, is it?
Thanks for your corrections and comments GPY. I appreciate both.

Yes, scaffolding doesn't have the literal meaning here. It's more like... "adjusting the level of class content and assistance to the students' needs"
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