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Old October 22, 2009, 03:56 AM
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Originally Posted by laepelba View Post
Interesting ... and it's funny that your understanding of "comprehend" as being more formal. It's a VERY common word for a teacher (which I am), so it didn't occur to me that it might even sound a bit pretentious. It's part of my every day vocabulary, and has a deeper meaning (in my technical lingo) than "understand". LOL!
Interesting. I think of "comprehension" as a perfectly normal noun to use in language lessons, but I can't recall ever hearing comprehend used in the obvious cognate sense.
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