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Pretty3
Saudi Arabia

study or studying
 
Hi,

Can you tell me what we should say after for :

Tips for study 
or
Tips for studying ??

Also, Can we say : you should be perseverant ??




Thank you
:)

13 Sep 2014      





cunliffe
United Kingdom

Hi Pretty.
Tips for studying.

You should persevere.
You should be persistent. 

13 Sep 2014     



Pretty3
Saudi Arabia

Cunliffe

Can you  tell me how we use perseverant in a sentence ??

this word is from the student �s book !

Thank you.


13 Sep 2014     



cunliffe
United Kingdom

I �ve honestly never heard it, but I �ve googled it and it exists, so I guess �be perseverant � is acceptable. 

13 Sep 2014     



Pretty3
Saudi Arabia

Thanks a lot.

13 Sep 2014     



Zora
Canada

Your sentence for perseverant is fine. It is extremely formal English though and not many people will have even heard of the word before. I�d suggest telling your student that.  

13 Sep 2014     



redcamarocruiser
United States

"Keep at it" and "stick to it" are the colloquial ways of expressing perseverant.

13 Sep 2014     



Jayho
Australia

Which student book is �perseverant� from?
 
I have never heard it either.  It is definitely not common usage although perseverance is.
 
If you go to http://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/perseverant you can see a graph of usage for the last 300 years for both American and British English.
 
It is now in my vocab though now.  I shall be perseverant in committing it to my word bank.
 
Cheers
 
Jayho
 

13 Sep 2014     



Pretty3
Saudi Arabia

I have searched the word in the student �s book again. I thought there was the adjective perseverant! 
Then I found only the noun : perseverance is it in the book. 


Thanks

14 Sep 2014     



florimago
Spain

Hi, I �m not native but the word "perseverant " sounded fine to me till I �ve read all your wise comments. So I �m just wondering if "persevering" is more usual than perseverant . Thanks in advance . Flori

15 Sep 2014     



cunliffe
United Kingdom

Hi Flori. Yes, persevere is usual.

15 Sep 2014     

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