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dido4
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 Posted: Mon Apr 02, 2007 6:19 pm Post subject: join a contest |
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Don will do his best to enter a Spanish speech contest.
Q:to take part in a contest, can we say join or go to?
-->Don will do his best to join a Spanish speech contest.
-->Don will do his best to go to a Spanish speech contest.
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eddfx
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All those example are acceptable in spoken English but I have a problem with the part, �Do his best to�.
It reads better t to me as:
Don will enter a Spanish speech contest.
Don will join a Spanish speech contest.
Don will go to a Spanish speech contest.
Maybe I would say:
Don will do his best in the Spanish speech contest.
Don will try his best in the Spanish speech contest. |
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2006
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"do his best" means 'try his hardest', 'do everything he can'. Even though he will try very hard to enter the contest, he may or may not succeed in entering such a contest; so it is not the same as saying that he will enter such a contest.
'Enter' is used for contests, not 'join' or 'go to'. |
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