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Alpachino10 Posted 12 years ago
Vocabulary

investigation

Hi,
would you please help me? Is "investigation" a suitable word for this sentence? If not, what else I can use?

After a thorough investigation among many school, I found this one to be fit for me.

Thanks in advance.
  

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After a thorough investigation of many schools, I found this one to be suitable for me.

— Mister Micawber

  • After a thorough investigation of many schools, I found this one to be suitable for me.
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After a thorough investigation of many schools, I found this one to be suitable for me.
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I would interchange “investigate” with “search”

You investigate something or someone to establish the truth following an incident or allegations.

Here is how I would rewrite your sentence:

After a thorough search of the schools that I had selected, I found this one to be the best fit for me.

After doing a thorough search of the schools that I had selected, I c
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I see. Thanks a lot for the help.
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Miriam MozruiYou investigate something or someone to establish the truth following an incident or allegations.
This is overly restrictive; the original is fine. From the American Heritage Dictionary:

investigate

VERB:
tr.
To observe or inquire into in detail; examine systematically.
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