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Taka Posted 13 years ago
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You want to learn Japanese culture but you are worry whether you can do it because you cannot read Japanese? Don't worry. You can learn it in English. There are many books on Japanese culture in English available.
  

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Do you want to learn about Japanese culture but are worried that you can’t do it because you can’t read Japanese? Don’t worry; you can learn it in English. There are many English books on Japanese culture available.

— RandomGuy

  • Do you want to learn about Japanese culture but are worried that you can’t do it because you can’t read Japanese?
  • Don’t worry; you can learn it in English.
  • There are many English books on Japanese culture available.
  • Taka Does this 'in' in bold work?
  • Yes.
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Do you want to learn about Japanese culture but are worried that you can’t do it because you can’t read Japanese? Don’t worry; you can learn it in English. There are many English books on Japanese culture available.
TakaDoes this 'in' in bold work?
Yes.
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AG, what do you think the difference between 'learn' and 'learn about' is, and why do you think 'learn Japanese culture' won't work here?

Actually, at first I wrote 'learn about' but I changed it because I noticed that it was followed by 'You can learn it', not 'You can learn about it'.

Do you think it's OK to say 'learn about X' and then 'learn X' in the same text?
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TakaAG, what do you think the difference between 'learn' and 'learn about' is, and why do you think 'learn about' won't work here?
You learn Japanese, but you don’t learn Japanese culture; you become informed about it, i.e., you learn about it.
TakaActually, at first I wrote 'learn about' but I changed it because I noticed
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I see. Thanks (and sorry, I messed up the first sentence in the second post. I've fixed it).

You seem to have changed 'books in English' to 'English books'.

Does it mean that 'books in English' doesn't work? Or is it just that it works but 'English books' is better and more natural?
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TakaDoes it mean that 'books in English' doesn't work? Or is it just that it works but 'English books' is better and more natural?
Your version was correct. Mine was how I would have written it. I didn’t make it bold because it was a suggestion, not a correction.
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Aspara Gus Your version was correct. Mine was how I would have written it.
I see.
I didn’t make it bold because it was a suggestion, not a correction.
So the whether-clause sounds a bit unnatural?
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TakaSo the whether-clause sounds a bit unnatural?
That and it doesn’t make sense to me. I am worried that I can’t learn about the culture, not whether I can or not.
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OK.

Would you come up with an example in which 'worried whether...' makes sense? I'd like to make a comparison.
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TakaWould you come up with an example in which 'worried whether...' makes sense? I'd like to make a comparison.
At the moment, I am drawing a blank. Maybe one will come to me in a dream.
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Aspara Gus At the moment, I am drawing a blank.
A dictionary (English-Japanese) I have has this example. Does it sound unnatural to you?

We worried whether the lecturer would arrive in time.
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