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ILE Posted 14 years ago
Grammar

Tear something up

I've designed two questions to help a student to get out of her trouble in proving trigonometric identities because it seems to me that she always gets stuck in the same place and I think if she solve my questions deliberately, she will be able to clear the confusion.
Can I say, "Now try these two questions. Tear them up and post your effort here so that we can monitor from there."
Can I actually say 'tear something up' to mean something like 'to solve it deliberately'?
Thanks.

Isabelle
  

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Hi, Can I say, "Now try these two questions. " No Can I actually say 'tear something up' to mean something like 'to solve it deliberately'? No Clive

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Hi,

Can I say, "Now try these two questions. Tear them up and post your effort here so that we can monitor from there." No
Can I actually say 'tear something up' to mean something like 'to solve it deliberately'? No

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ILECan I actually say 'tear something up' to mean something like 'to solve it deliberately'?
No, but the problem for me is that I don't even know what you mean by "solve deliberately". To me, 'deliberately' means the opposite of 'accidentally'.

- You knocked over my priceless vase and broke it!
- I'm so sorry. I didn't do it deliberat
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CalifJimthe problem for me is that I don't even know what you mean by "solve deliberately". To me, 'deliberately' means the opposite of 'accidentally'.
I thought 'deliberate' meant 'to think seriously and carefully about something' as in 'a deliberate decision' to describe a careful and thorough consideration?

Isabelle
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