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MrCurious Posted 19 years ago
Grammar

overlook

Don't worry, I'll overlook your papers.

"overlook" means both ignoring and checking. It seems the sentence renders two meaning .Am I wrong? How do you differantiate the meaning then? Thanks alot.
  

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Hello MrC, For me, "overlook" means "ignore", while "look over" means "review". It may be different for other speakers, though! Best wishes MrP

— MrPedantic

  • Hello MrC, For me, "overlook" means "ignore", while "look over" means "review".
  • It may be different for other speakers, though!
  • Best wishes MrP
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Hello MrC,

For me, "overlook" means "ignore", while "look over" means "review".

It may be different for other speakers, though!

Best wishes

MrP
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I'm with you, Mr. P.

Look over = review.

Overlook = forget or ignore
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