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Anonymous Posted 18 years ago
Vocabulary

material and impelled

Hi,

1. I have difficulty using the words 'material' and 'materials'. To me 'materials' are what you need for an acitvity.

Why don't we need to use 'materials' here when what can be used seem to be materials.

XXX Activities (title or name of book) is ideal for fun, supplementary practice material, and comes with the quality of some of ...

2. Why not 'compelled' here?

Impelled by the roles of economic globalization, English may become ...
  

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, that may provide the basis for or be incorporated into some integrated work. #2 To impel is to urge forward, often through moral force. To compel is to force something forward

  • , that may provide the basis for or be incorporated into some integrated work.
  • #2 To impel is to urge forward, often through moral force.
  • To compel is to force something forward
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#1 In this context, material is not the physical object, but is an abstract concept: a group of ideas, facts, data, etc., that may provide the basis for or be incorporated into some integrated work.

#2 To impel is to urge forward, often through moral force.
To compel is to force something forward

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