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Joseph@Shiga
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 Posted: Mon Nov 13, 2006 9:25 pm Post subject: perform, carry out, execute |
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Hi native teachers,
Really appreciate your kind instructions.
What bothers me today is how the following verbs (verbial phrase) differ
from one another, especially in technical writing:
perform
carry out
execute
Many thanks in advance.
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ESL-ish
Joined: 07 Nov 2006
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Location: Arizona
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That's a really good question.
Hmmmmm.
IMHO, "perform", "carry out" and "execute" carry the same meaning with very little variation in nuance or formality. They save the technical writer from having to constantly use one or the other or even worse, the generic verb, "do".
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Joseph@Shiga
Joined: 17 Oct 2006
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| Posted: Tue Nov 14, 2006 5:27 pm Post subject: perform, carry out, execute |
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U--m, ESL-ish-san thanks for your reply.
But I'm not clear yet.
Who else could tell me the difference among the following words.
perform
carry out
execute
Joseph@Shiga.
| ESL-ish wrote: |
That's a really good question.
Hmmmmm.
IMHO, "perform", "carry out" and "execute" carry the same meaning with very little variation in nuance or formality. They save the technical writer from having to constantly use one or the other or even worse, the generic verb, "do". |
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