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Christine Christie Posted 7 years ago
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Are these sentences correct:



a) "At the beginning course, we were given some NOTIONS bout fitness."


b) "At the beginning course, we were taught some NOTIONS bout fitness."



(And does the term 'notion' imply tehcnical or academically-accepted ideas?)

  

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Christine Christie And does the term 'notion' imply tehcnical technical or academically-accepted ideas? No. It's much more informal.

— CalifJim

  • Christine Christie And does the term 'notion' imply tehcnical technical or academically-accepted ideas?
  • No.
  • It's much more informal.
  • Your use of 'notion' in your example sentences is borderline.
  • I'd say 'concepts'.
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Christine ChristieAnd does the term 'notion' imply tehcnical technical or academically-accepted ideas?

No. It's much more informal. Your use of 'notion' in your example sentences is borderline. I'd say 'concepts'.

In the following sentence (from the Oxford Dictionary), 'notions' means something

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