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Bn77 Posted 15 years ago
Vocabulary

The meaning of 'find'

Could the present tense 'find' and 'are finding' in 1,2 be used to ask not Tom's opinion about the University book store but the location of the University book store?

In sentence 3, could 'find' be used to ask Tom's opinion about the University book store?

1. Tom! How do you find the University book store?

2. Tom! How are you finding the University book store?

3. Tom! How did you find the University book store?
  

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Hi, Could the present tense 'find' and 'are finding' in 1,2 be used to ask not Tom's opinion about the University book store but the location of the University book store? 1 - yes 2 - yes, but it suggests Tom goes there a lot and that it is hard to find. In sentence 3, could 'find' be used to ask Tom's opinion about the University book store?

  • Hi, Could the present tense 'find' and 'are finding' in 1,2 be used to ask not Tom's opinion about the University book store but the location of the University book store?
  • 1 - yes 2 - yes, but it suggests Tom goes there a lot and that it is hard to find.
  • In sentence 3, could 'find' be used to ask Tom's opinion about the University book store?
  • Yes 1.
  • Tom!
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Hi,
Could the present tense 'find' and 'are finding' in 1,2 be used to ask not Tom's opinion about the University book store but the location of the University book store?
1 - yes
2 - yes, but it suggests Tom goes there a lot and that it is hard to find.
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Thank you for your reply.

If I have to choose only one answer in the following questions which would be the best one? (I had almost the same questions as below when I had a listening comprehension test. In the following questions, 'find' seems to be used to ask listener's opinion and I don't understand why the other answer is always ruled out.)

1. How do you find the Universit
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Hi,
If I have to choose only one answer in the following questions which would be the best one? (I had almost the same questions as below when I had a listening comprehension test. In the following questions, 'find' seems to be used to ask listener's opinion and I don't understand why the other answer is always ruled out.)

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