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Ask for help > Explain it with/or in your own words?
Explain it with/or in your own words?
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Yolandaprieto
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Explain it with/or in your own words?
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I don �t have it clear now. Please help me.
Yolanda |
8 Mar 2011
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dawnmain
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its definitely �in your own words � |
8 Mar 2011
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almaz
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Yes, in, Yolanda.
Incidentally, it �s not a phrase I often use myself - unless the student is a habitual plagiarizer. I �ve always thought of �in your own words � as something that a lawyer might say to a not-too-bright witness, or a sort of oblique reference to Alice �s Humpty Dumpty ("When I use a word,� Humpty Dumpty said, in a rather a scornful tone, �it means just what I choose it to mean�neither more nor less.�).
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8 Mar 2011
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om aziz
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It �s :"explain it in your own words "of course as if to say rephrase it!
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8 Mar 2011
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almaz
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In which case, you should ask the student to rephrase it, if that �s what you want the student to do. �Clarify�/�make it clearer� has much the same meaning here.
By the way, �om aziz�, are you related in any way to om montaha? Same school, perhaps? |
8 Mar 2011
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om aziz
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no but we are very close friends !but why is the question?
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8 Mar 2011
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om aziz
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Besides I do owe OM MOntaha being a member here!Which I consider to be the best gift she offered me!
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8 Mar 2011
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almaz
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Ah, I thought so. Welcome. |
8 Mar 2011
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cyborg
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The correct phrase that should be used in this case is " in your own words".
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9 Mar 2011
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