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Perfect Stranger Posted 12 years ago
Vocabulary
Vocab question no. 58: sort out or go through?
Howdy (again)
If there's a huge pile of documents on a desk, would you say:
- I have to go through these documents.
- I have to sort these documents out.
Or something else? I guess there's better expression but I can't come up with anything else.
Cheers
If there's a huge pile of documents on a desk, would you say:
- I have to go through these documents.
- I have to sort these documents out.
Or something else? I guess there's better expression but I can't come up with anything else.
Cheers
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I have to go through these documents . = I have to read/understand them. I have to sort these documents out .
- I have to go through these documents .
- = I have to read/understand them.
- I have to sort these documents out .
- = I have to organize them.
- Perfect Stranger Or something else?
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I have to go through these documents. = I have to read/understand them.
I have to sort these documents out. = I have to organize them.
I have to sort these documents out. = I have to organize them.
Perfect StrangerOr something else?It depends on what you want done with them.
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Thanks MM.
Is there any other way to express this: I want to look at each paper and see if it's important or not and if yes, I'll keep it, if not, I'll throw it away.
Is there any other way to express this: I want to look at each paper and see if it's important or not and if yes, I'll keep it, if not, I'll throw it away.
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I think you should start with either of your originals, but then explain a little more:
I have to go through these documents and keep the important ones
I have to sort these documents out and throw away the unimportant ones.
I have to go through these documents and keep the important ones
I have to sort these documents out and throw away the unimportant ones.
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