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Henry74 Posted 13 years ago
Vocabulary
Realize
Hello everyone,
It is quite common over here to hear non-native speakers use realize in the following fashion:
We've realized a new software
The project was realized with contributions from...
Bring us your ideas, we will realize it
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/realize does have "to bring into concrete existence" as one of the meaning of realize. Collins gives "often passive to bring (a plan, ambition, etc.) to fruition; make actual or concrete.", which seems to suggest that it can only work with abstract nouns.
Be that as it may, I have rarely heard native speakers use it that way.
Are my example sentences above idiomatic? Would you ever use realize like that?
Thank you for your help.
H.
It is quite common over here to hear non-native speakers use realize in the following fashion:
We've realized a new software
The project was realized with contributions from...
Bring us your ideas, we will realize it
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/realize does have "to bring into concrete existence" as one of the meaning of realize. Collins gives "often passive to bring (a plan, ambition, etc.) to fruition; make actual or concrete.", which seems to suggest that it can only work with abstract nouns.
Be that as it may, I have rarely heard native speakers use it that way.
Are my example sentences above idiomatic? Would you ever use realize like that?
Thank you for your help.
H.
Top answer
The second is natural. " The third is technically right if you fix the n=mismatch in number ("ideas" - "it"), but the mention of "idea" takes the reader into the other senses of "realize". You are right that "realize" in this sense is not common, but it is not very rare, either.
- The second is natural.
- " The third is technically right if you fix the n=mismatch in number ("ideas" - "it"), but the mention of "idea" takes the reader into the other senses of "realize".
- You are right that "realize" in this sense is not common, but it is not very rare, either.
- This is similar to the case of "appreciate", which can mean something like "realize" in addition to its usual meanings of "regard highly" and "increase in value".
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The second is natural.
"Software" is uncountable, believe it or not, but if you fix that, you have a possible sentence that sounds like it was written by the marketing department: "We have realized a new app." The third is technically right if you fix the n=mismatch in number ("ideas" - "it"), but the mention of "idea" takes the reader into the other senses of "realize".
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"Software" is uncountable, believe it or not, but if you fix that, you have a possible sentence that sounds like it was written by the marketing department: "We have realized a new app." The third is technically right if you fix the n=mismatch in number ("ideas" - "it"), but the mention of "idea" takes the reader into the other senses of "realize".
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Thank you enoon.
Sorry for my grammar missteps.
I actually dind't know that software was uncountable.
H.
Sorry for my grammar missteps.
I actually dind't know that software was uncountable.H.
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Henry74Thank you enoon.Sorry for my grammar missteps. I actually dind't know that software was uncountable.H.No, I'm sorry. That wasn't aimed at you, exactly. It is starting to look like International English is going to win this one, and "software" will be countable in the next edition of the Oxford English Dictionary, or the one after that. Everybody
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