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ROBINDESBOIS January 16, 2012 02:45 AM

Participate
 
I want to participate in writing articles for school.
Is that ok?

Perikles January 16, 2012 04:13 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ROBINDESBOIS (Post 120795)
I want to participate in writing articles for school.
Is that ok?

Context. Participate means to take part in, so there needs to be something set up which others are doing, and you join it.

There is a neighbourhood group which cleans up the streets. I am going to participate.

Now if writing articles for school is an activity for several people, then you may want to participate as well.

If it is a lone effort on your behalf, then perhaps:

I want to take the initiative and write......

Rusty January 16, 2012 08:00 AM

It's OK, so long as context infers you're joining a group effort (as Perikles said).

If that context hasn't been established, you could say:
I want to participate in the group that writes articles ...
A group writes articles ... and I want to participate.

If you want to avoid 'participate', but still want to infer that others are writing besides yourself, you can say:
I want to help with writing articles ...
I want to help write articles ...

ROBINDESBOIS January 16, 2012 02:36 PM

So, I want to participe writing articles is incorrect I guess.

pjt33 January 16, 2012 03:59 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rusty (Post 120805)
It's OK, so long as context infers you're joining a group effort (as Perikles said).

If that context hasn't been established, you could say:
I want to participate in the group that writes articles ...
A group writes articles ... and I want to participate.

If you want to avoid 'participate', but still want to infer that others are writing besides yourself, you can say:
I want to help with writing articles ...
I want to help write articles ...

Imply would be the standard usage.


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