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RONIN1987 Posted 11 years ago
Vocabulary

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Do you think inform is a proper verb in this sentence? Isn't it better to replace it with understand?
I was fascinated when I was informed that how much imaging can be beneficial for drug discovery and development process.
  

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RONIN1987 Do you think inform is a proper verb in this sentence? 'Inform' is fine but the sentence is wrong. I was fascinated when I was info rmed how much imaging can be beneficial for the drug discovery and development process.

  • RONIN1987 Do you think inform is a proper verb in this sentence?
  • 'Inform' is fine but the sentence is wrong.
  • I was fascinated when I was info rmed how much imaging can be beneficial for the drug discovery and development process.
  • 'Understand' and 'inform' have different meanings: 'understand' suggests that you learned yourself; 'inform' suggests that someone else told you.
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RONIN1987Do you think inform is a proper verb in this sentence?
'Inform' is fine but the sentence is wrong.

I was fascinated when I was informed how much imaging can be beneficial for the drug discovery and development process.

'Understand' and 'inform' have different meanings: 'understand' suggests that you learned yours
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