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Onizo Posted 11 years ago
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It reads...

1. What would be the right question for "it reads red"?

2. What would be the right answer for "what's written there"?

3. What would be the most natural conversation to ask how to read words on most objects?
  

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1. "It reads red" would be a very unusual thing to say, and its intended meaning is unclear without further context. , the word in question is "red".

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  • "It reads red" would be a very unusual thing to say, and its intended meaning is unclear without further context.
  • , the word in question is "red".
  • The quotes around "red" are esential to avoid confusion.
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1. "It reads red" would be a very unusual thing to say, and its intended meaning is unclear without further context.

Edit: Oh, I think you may mean "It reads 'red'", i.e., the word in question is "red". The quotes around "red" are esential to avoid confusion.

2. A reading or description of what is written there.

3. When you say "ask how to read words", do you mean
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This conversation is intended for my son who is starting to read words and asking for what it is.
I am not sure what combinations are suitable to be questions and answers for whole these types.
So when he sees a word, what would be the right questions: 1. What does it say? 2. how to read it? 3. What's written here?
And the suitable answers for each: 1. It say.../ it reads../ it's wri
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