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Teo Posted 19 years ago
Grammar

Turn or Turn in

1. Turn your student book to the pronunciation guide on page 4.

2. Turn in your student book to the pronunciation guide on page 4.

Which of the above sentences is acceptable?
  

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Teo 1. Turn your student book to the pronunciation guide on page 4. 2.

  • Teo 1.
  • Turn your student book to the pronunciation guide on page 4.
  • 2.
  • Turn in your student book to the pronunciation guide on page 4.
  • Which of the above sentences is acceptable?
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Teo1. Turn your student book to the pronunciation guide on page 4.

2. Turn in your student book to the pronunciation guide on page 4.

Which of the above sentences is acceptable?
Hello Teo,

The first sentence means "open your book and go to the pronunciation guide on page 4."
The second sentence is confusing because turn
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Then turn in your book to the pages of first section you are studying. 4. Read the section all the way through. 5. Answer the “Section Review” questions ...
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TeoThen turn in your book to the pages of first section you are studying. 4. Read the section all the way through. 5. Answer the “Section Review” questions ...
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"Please turn in your hymnals to page..."

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Anonymous "Please turn in your hymnals to page..."
Hi,

I don't quite understand what you are trying to say! If you think turn in does not mean hand in, hand over, or give over, I would like to hear your reason.
If you want to ask the meaning of that unfinished sentence
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1. Turn your student book to the pronunciation guide on page 4.

2. Turn in your student book to the pronunciation guide on page 4.

Which of the above sentences is acceptable?
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Answer: #2

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Google:

0 for "turn in your book to page"
754 for "turn your book to page"

Thus only 1 works.

Now, if you mean:

Turn, in your student book, to the pronunciation guide on page 4.

with commas, this means a different thing, similar to your 1.

Perhaps this is what the teacher in the other forum meant, but he doesn't
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Turn in your books to page 647, and then you will take notes on the chapter.” He said as he sat down at his desk, grading papers. After opening her book, ...
Now turn in your books to the section we are studying on 'Parts of the Flower.'

Would you please turn in your books to

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I find both just fine.

If you all already have the same book open, then "turn to page 7" is fine.

If you want to tell them both which book and which page, then "turn in the red hymnal to hymn 332" is also fine. Perhaps the commas placed by MH are simply implied but there would be no pause in speaking this out loud.

Yes, "turn in" is a phrasal verb that means "han
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Teo1. Turn your student book to the pronunciation guide on page 4.

2. Turn in your student book to the pronunciation guide on page 4.

Which of the above sentences is acceptable?
I also think both sentences are OK. To lessen the possibility of misunderstanding turn as the phrasal verb turn in, you could change the word ord

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