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The verb educate
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yolprica
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The verb educate
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Hi dear colleagues! I recently started a topic because I wasn �t sure if we can say "parents should eduate their children to be independent, polite, etc..." or we should use another verb and I still have doubts about its use. Can native speakers help me, please?
Thanks in advance
Yolanda |
26 Sep 2009
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douglas
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I would say "they should raise their children to be..."
Douglas
PS-- "teach" would also work |
26 Sep 2009
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eng789
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I still think that educate is fine. but teach works here too. |
26 Sep 2009
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yolprica
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Thanks for your help, now everything is clear.
Yolanda |
26 Sep 2009
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Tint
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I tend to agree with Douglas and Eng. The nicer word to use, for me, would be �raise �. �Teach � is also good. �Bring up �, while being correct, holds too many memories of kids being funny about the use of the term, as �bring up � is also the euphemism for �vomit �.
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27 Sep 2009
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