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Anonymous Posted 20 years ago
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relate
Hello,
I don´t know why I can´t use the verb "relate" in the following context:
It´s beginning of a story: I´m going to relate about Lucy and her friend...
A native speaker of American English has corrected it and crossed out "relate" and wrote "tell" in my text. Why?
the corrected version:
I´m going to tell about Lucy and her friend....
Thank you for your explanation Mowgli
I don´t know why I can´t use the verb "relate" in the following context:
It´s beginning of a story: I´m going to relate about Lucy and her friend...
A native speaker of American English has corrected it and crossed out "relate" and wrote "tell" in my text. Why?
the corrected version:
I´m going to tell about Lucy and her friend....
Thank you for your explanation Mowgli
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You don't use the verb relate (meaning "tell") with "about"; it takes a direct complement. ", or "I'm going to relate the story", though I prefer "relate" used with "the events", but that may be personal...
- You don't use the verb relate (meaning "tell") with "about"; it takes a direct complement.
- ", or "I'm going to relate the story", though I prefer "relate" used with "the events", but that may be personal...
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You don't use the verb relate (meaning "tell") with "about"; it takes a direct complement. Your sentence could read: "I'm going to relate the events that led/have led to...", or "I'm going to relate the story", though I prefer "relate" used with "the events", but that may be personal...
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<I´m going to tell about Lucy and her friend...>
This isn't very good English. Change it perhaps to:
1. I'm going to tell you about Lucy and her friend...
MrP
This isn't very good English. Change it perhaps to:
1. I'm going to tell you about Lucy and her friend...
MrP
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