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Ruttonjee Posted 19 years ago
Grammar

to the point

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00My teacher gave me comments on my essay. Here is his comments: The language is strictly to the point, without being too direct. I thought 'strictly to the point' should refer to the contents of my essay, which means I have not included any irrelevant information. I don't understand why my teacher wrote like that.02br
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00thanks in advance02br
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0I don't understand your complaint, Simon. It is a complimentary comment.0-
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0hi there,02br
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00I dont understand his comments: 'The language is strictly to the point, without being too direct.'02br
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00simon0-
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0 He said, bascially, that you said exactly what needed to be said, without including extra information, and without being so direct that it sounded harsh. As Mr. M said, it's a compliment. 0-
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0Hi there,02br
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00Language, to my understanding, means grammar so I just wonder if the word 'language' collocates with 'to the point'. Since 'to the point' means 01i00expressing something very important or suitable for the subject being discussed, 02i00it should be the contents that are to the point, but the grammar to the point. What do you think?
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1i00Language02i00 included grammar, vocabulary, structure, phraseology, register-- all of the use of the English language. Your teacher indicates that all are appropriate, though I have a feeling now that s/he may be going a little easy on you.0-
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