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Samerrustom Posted 11 years ago
Vocabulary

Summarize VS sum up

What is the difference in meaning between summarize and sum-up?
Which one is formal please?
  

Top answer

'Summarize' means to make a summary. 'Sum up' more often includes 'come to a conclusion'. As usual, the phrasal verb is informal.

— Mister Micawber

  • 'Summarize' means to make a summary.
  • 'Sum up' more often includes 'come to a conclusion'.
  • As usual, the phrasal verb is informal.
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'Summarize' means to make a summary. 'Sum up' more often includes 'come to a conclusion'. As usual, the phrasal verb is informal.
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Thank you.
Could you give me some examples please?
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samerrustomCould you give me some examples please?
As I usually do, I ask you to use Google Search or an English corpus ( http://corpus.byu.edu/ ) to locate some sentences that you think are typical. Post them here and we'll check them for authe
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