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Vocabulary

Survey

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00What's the difference between 'do a survey' and 'make a survey' if there is any, because i see them both and i can't tell the diference. 02br
00Then i could say: they are making a survey about the health of rural communities. 02br
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0 If you are giving out a survey, you can say "conduct a survey". You can also say "doing a survey on" such and such. 02br 02br 00Making a survey sounds odd.

  • 0 If you are giving out a survey, you can say "conduct a survey".
  • You can also say "doing a survey on" such and such.
  • 02br 02br 00Making a survey sounds odd.
  • Are you talking about designing one?
  • 02br 02br 00Just my 2 cents.
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0 If you are giving out a survey, you can say "conduct a survey". You can also say "doing a survey on" such and such. 02br
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00Making a survey sounds odd. Are you talking about designing one? 02br
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00Just my 2 cents. 0-
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0 I can't say that I've ever heard of someone 'making' a survey (as Julie points out, it sounds as if someone is designing the survey). The verb 'do' is appropriate, but I think that 'conducting a survey' sounds much better. Remember too that the word 'survey' itself can be used as verb. Typically it's used to describe someone carefully observing something (for example, he surveyed the landsc

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