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Xeno Posted 16 years ago
Grammar
Verb 'elaborate' in a given context
Hello, here's the sentence I had to fill out with appropriate word for a really, really important test. It's extracted from a paragraph which is basically about achieving a good relationship between parents and professors. So:
Such a collaborative relationship might be hard to e _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ .
So, when I looked up the results, it was the verb establish, naturally, though I just wasn't able to remember at the given moment, so I wrote elaborate. Can that be considered correct? It was labelled as incorrect and I still have time to write a complain.
I mean, I looked up the word elaborate on the answers.com and it's like this:
v.tr:
Such a collaborative relationship might be hard to e _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ .
So, when I looked up the results, it was the verb establish, naturally, though I just wasn't able to remember at the given moment, so I wrote elaborate. Can that be considered correct? It was labelled as incorrect and I still have time to write a complain.
I mean, I looked up the word elaborate on the answers.com and it's like this:
v.tr:
- To work out with care and detail; develop thoroughly.
- To produce by effort; create.
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Hi, 'Establish' is a much better answer, but I wouldn't say 'elaborate' is totally impossible. But good luck trying to convince them of that! There are lots of e-verbs you could argue like that about, eg eliminate, embrace Clive
- Hi, 'Establish' is a much better answer, but I wouldn't say 'elaborate' is totally impossible.
- But good luck trying to convince them of that!
- There are lots of e-verbs you could argue like that about, eg eliminate, embrace Clive
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Hi,
'Establish' is a much better answer, but I wouldn't say 'elaborate' is totally impossible.
But good luck trying to convince them of that!
'Establish' is a much better answer, but I wouldn't say 'elaborate' is totally impossible.
But good luck trying to convince them of that!
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I'm perfectly aware that establish is the best one out there but I just couldn't remember it and writing anything is better than writing nothing, right?
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to elaborate a relationship seems strange to me. It's not a very normal use of elaborate.
Give it a try, but I don't think you'll convince the judges.
Give it a try, but I don't think you'll convince the judges.
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Haha. I know. I'm just desperate for those points. 
On answers.com its second meaning is to create. So, in what
On answers.com its second meaning is to create. So, in what
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XenoOn answers.com its second meaning is to create. So, in what context would that be?I have no idea. Create? I don't think I've heard it used with exactly that meaning. To me elaborate means to give more details.
-- I feel that everything in my life is hopeless.
-- Can you elaborate on that?
CJ
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I'm not a native English, and truth be told, in my language it cannot mean to create. It merely means to give more details, yes, just like the basic meaning in English. It's just that I saw the second one on answers.com and figured I could get those points.
I don't know if I should write a complain then. Don't want to embarrass myself.
I don't know if I should write a complain then. Don't want to embarrass myself.
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