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Teaching material > See or look at?
See or look at?
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Minka
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See or look at?
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Can a native speaker or two please help me a bit? I got corrected in an exercise that I wrote. My instruction "See the example" was changed into "Look at the example."
Are they both correct? Is one of them wrong?
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27 Apr 2012
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Minka
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Thanks, Anna. I know the difference between SEE and LOOK and WATCH. I �m talking about a specific phrase here. I think I �ve seen "See the example" in exercises and I �m wondering if it �s a correct phrase or not. I think SEE is often used when one thing refers to nother. Like:
See the notes at the bottom of the page. Unplug the device. See the picture.
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27 Apr 2012
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juliag
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Hi there,
I �m a native speaker and I would use both "See the example" and "Look at the example." I think they�re both fine, though I would probably use "Look at the example" if I was talking to my class and "See the example" if I was writing an essay or something, because it is more concise.
In the example you give, I personally think either would be fine, but maybe the person who corrected you thought "Look at the example" would be easier for your students to understand.
Hope this helps and have a nice day,
Julia
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27 Apr 2012
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Minka
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Yes, it helps. Thanks. 
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27 Apr 2012
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ueslteacher
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See the example sounds fine to me (though I �m not a native speaker:) Here �s a reference from a dictionary: see - look up information 4 [transitive] (used in orders) see something to look at something in order to find informationSee page 158. |
27 Apr 2012
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cunliffe
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I would say that see the example refers to an attachment or appendix. Look at the example, it �s up there on the board. They are both right, it �s just a question of nuance.
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27 Apr 2012
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