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Soheil1 Posted 13 years ago
Vocabulary

Teach about

Hi.
What's the difference between 'teeching sb about sth' and 'teaching sth to sb' and 'teaching sb sth'?

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You more often teach somebody verbs (or teach them how to verb), but you teach them about nouns. I taught him how to read. I taught him about the concept of ontogeny recapitulating phylogeny.

— CSnyder

  • You more often teach somebody verbs (or teach them how to verb), but you teach them about nouns.
  • I taught him how to read.
  • I taught him about the concept of ontogeny recapitulating phylogeny.
  • Note that teaching <x> can also be applied to nouns: I taught him calculus.
  • I taught him reading and writing (and 'rithmetic).
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You more often teach somebody verbs (or teach them how to verb), but you teach them about nouns.

I taught him how to read.

I taught him about the concept of ontogeny recapitulating phylogeny.


Note that teaching <x> can also be applied to nouns:

I taught him calculus.
I taught him reading and writing (and 'rithmetic).
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Any difference other than syntactical difference?
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Sure: If you teach someone to read, you teach them the mechanical process of reading. If you teach someone about reading you might give them a historical overview of reading and how it's affected the development of human society.
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