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Anonymous Posted 21 years ago
Grammar
two questions
I have two questions. I would apprecitate your help.
A: What is your brother doing these days? B: He is going to college this semester. He likes it a lot. He is studying mathematics.
My question is: Has he started college? Or the semester hasn't begun and my brother will start college this coming semester? It's difficult to understand.
My second question is the phrases put out and turn off they both mean to make a light stop shining. I look up the dictionary in the Internet. Put out is defined as: to make a light stop shining by pressing a switch. Turn off is defined as to cause to stop operation by disengaging a switch.
I wonder what is the difference in terms of the actual movement involved. To disengage a switch may also require pressing a switch.
Thank you very much.
A: What is your brother doing these days? B: He is going to college this semester. He likes it a lot. He is studying mathematics.
My question is: Has he started college? Or the semester hasn't begun and my brother will start college this coming semester? It's difficult to understand.
My second question is the phrases put out and turn off they both mean to make a light stop shining. I look up the dictionary in the Internet. Put out is defined as: to make a light stop shining by pressing a switch. Turn off is defined as to cause to stop operation by disengaging a switch.
I wonder what is the difference in terms of the actual movement involved. To disengage a switch may also require pressing a switch.
Thank you very much.
Top answer
The young man in question must have started college already. Otherwise, how would anyone know that "He likes it a lot"? The actual movement is of no importance when using "put out" and "turn off".
- The young man in question must have started college already.
- Otherwise, how would anyone know that "He likes it a lot"?
- The actual movement is of no importance when using "put out" and "turn off".
- Personally, I only use "turn off (a light)".
- I never use the phrase "put out (a light)".
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The young man in question must have started college already. Otherwise, how would anyone know that "He likes it a lot"?
The actual movement is of no importance when using "put out" and "turn off". Personally, I only use "turn off (a light)". I never use the phrase "put out (a light)". I only use "put out" when it's a matter of fires ("put out the fire").
CJ
The actual movement is of no importance when using "put out" and "turn off". Personally, I only use "turn off (a light)". I never use the phrase "put out (a light)". I only use "put out" when it's a matter of fires ("put out the fire").
CJ
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