The position of 'simply' in the sentence

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00Please try and simply explain what it is you want.12blockquote

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00"Please, try and 01b00just02b00 explain..." 02br
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00Please try and explain simply what it is you want.12blockquote

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00"Please try and explain 01b00in a simple

0 thank you pieanne. 02br
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00I'm still not sure which one has the meaning - 'Don't use such long words!', though. 02br
00According to your explanation, it's rather the first one. On the other hand "..... in a simple way...." might also mean 'Don't use such long words!', as, in general, if we use long words than it is not explained in a simple way, right? 02

0 I'd choose 2 0-

0 ok, now I can see it. 02br
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00The problem was that my first interpretation of "'Don't use such long words!" was 02br
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00Don't use such long words! = Stick to the topic! or don't beat around the bush. 02br
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00Do you think such an interpretation is possible? 0-

0 I would also choose 2. I agree with Pieanne. The point of the exercise is, I believe, to distinguish between two uses of "simply": the one that means "no more than", "only", "just" (which precedes the relevant verb) and the one that means "in a simple way" (which follows the relevant verb). 02br
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00Please [simply / do no more than / just] try and explain what [he

0 thank you pieanne, thank you CaliJim 02br
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00As Jim said the purpose of the activity was to produce a certain meaning by adding an adverb. 02br
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00In fact, the example given by Jim : 01blockquote

00Please [simply / do no more than / just] try and explain what [he said / you need / was done / ...]. 12blockquote