#43715 - 10/06/01 03:35 PM
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while reading my british harry potter books we've discovered that the words study and revise are used almost interchangeably. we (myself, my husband, and my parents-in-law) have never seen this use of the word revise. it seems that revise may have more to do with preparing for a final exam and studying is the more all-purpous word, though at one point both are used in the same sentence. my dictionary does not elucidate. (the american version of the book uses study exclusively)
what, if any difference is there between the two words?
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#43718 - 10/07/01 04:33 PM
Re: revise
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Carpal Tunnel
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In my understanding of colloquial English in England, revision automatically implies preparation for a test or exam; study might be anything from review of existing work through to primary research. In the sort of school conditions Rowling describes, you might get study periods every evening and (for higher level subjects) independent study periods also during the daytime timetable, but revision would only get timetabled in the immediate proximity of exams.
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#43719 - 10/07/01 04:39 PM
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#43721 - 10/08/01 02:56 AM
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CK, I see no reason to change my usage of a perfectly good and understood word, just because some old-timey Limeys took it upon themselves to change the meaning...
Ah, so you're not prepared to take a revisionist standpoint on the use of the word, then?
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#43723 - 10/08/01 07:51 PM
Re: revise
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I was out in my shop (where I've been working too hard to have time for the finer things in life like AWAD) when a large piece of wood fell out of the clamp onto the floor. I picked up the wood and revised it. I tried telling it over and over again to stay up by itself and it wouldn't. Insist is nice but vise is best.
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#43724 - 10/08/01 07:59 PM
If it gives you wood...
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Loc: Portland,Oregon, USA
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I tried
telling it over and over again to stay up by itself and it wouldn't.
Have you tried Viagra?
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