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Believer Posted 19 years ago
Vocabulary

The word "material"

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00A person called "Angliholic" (I think it is not his real name) used this sentence to pose (ask) a question in the General English Grammar Questions section.02br
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00Student may pick three books from a list of fifty as their outside reading material.02br
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00Now, I am concerned with the word "material." What is the exact definition? I looked up my Collins Cobuild Advanced Learner's English Dictionary and it had the following two definitions among some others. Would one fit for the sentence above?02br
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001. Materials are the things that you need for a particular activity.02br
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002. Ideas or information that are used as a basis for a book, play, or film can be referred as material. 0-
  

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00#1 because 'reading material' should be books in that case, so things that you need for reading.0-
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10A person called "Angliholic" (I think it is not his real name) used this sentence to pose (ask) a question in the General English Grammar Questions section.12br
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10Student may pick three books from a list of fifty as their outside reading material.12br
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