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www0935
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 Posted: Tue Oct 12, 2010 10:57 pm Post subject: "sharpen" or "increase" the skill? |
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Please help check out the answer.
If you want to become a good tennis player, you have to __________ your skill.
(A) sharpen (B) increase (C) progress (D) realize
The answer is (A), but how about (B)? Is there any difference?
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pugachevV
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I agree - B).(increase, meaning - make greater in degree) works as well.
Sharpen means - make or become sharp.
In fact hone would have been a better word than sharpen. While it does mean: make sharper (with a whetsone) it means also to make more focused or efficient.
Obviously if your skills are more focused and efficient, you are much better at doing something with those skills. |
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