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Vsuresh Posted 14 years ago
Grammar
Task/exercise
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I came across someone telling me that the word 'exercise' in the textbook got changed to 'task' which meant according to the person sounded more appropriate. ( Here the reference is to work prescribed for children to enhance their language skills.)
Please give me your views on this.
I came across someone telling me that the word 'exercise' in the textbook got changed to 'task' which meant according to the person sounded more appropriate. ( Here the reference is to work prescribed for children to enhance their language skills.)
Please give me your views on this.
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According to my thesaurus, task and exercise are synonymous. However, the Oxford dictionary's primary definition for exercise is "activity requiring physical effort, carried out esp. " So, perhaps someone is worried that children might get confused.
- According to my thesaurus, task and exercise are synonymous.
- However, the Oxford dictionary's primary definition for exercise is "activity requiring physical effort, carried out esp.
- " So, perhaps someone is worried that children might get confused.
- I don't think it makes any difference.
- Kids old enough to truly study English will, in my opinion, know what they're doing.
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According to my thesaurus, task and exercise are synonymous.
However, the Oxford dictionary's primary definition for exercise is "activity requiring physical effort, carried out esp. to sustain or improve health and fitness," and that for task is "a piece of work to be done or undertaken."
So, perhaps someone is worried that children might get confused. I don't think it makes any differenc
However, the Oxford dictionary's primary definition for exercise is "activity requiring physical effort, carried out esp. to sustain or improve health and fitness," and that for task is "a piece of work to be done or undertaken."
So, perhaps someone is worried that children might get confused. I don't think it makes any differenc
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