Which are correct and make sense:
1) Solving a problem is a matter of using the correct method and getting the correct solution.
2) Solving a problem is a question of using the correct method and getting the correct solution.
3) You are trying to solve a problem. It is a matter of using the correct method and getting the correct solution.
4) You are trying to solve a problem. It is a question of using the correct method and getting the correct solution.
5) You are trying to solve a problem. The matter is to use the correct method and to get the correct solution.
6) You are trying to solve a problem. The question is to use the correct method and to get the correct solution.
Gratefully,
Navi
(1) to (4) are OK; (5) and (6) are not. However, I would say that explaining solving a problem as "getting the correct solution" is somewhat circular.
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(1) to (4) are OK; (5) and (6) are not. However, I would say that explaining solving a problem as "getting the correct solution" is somewhat circular.
Why not just say this?
Solving a problem is a matter of using the correct method and getting the correct solution.
#1/2/3/4 are OK.
#5/6 are not