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Old August 25, 2014, 01:33 AM
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Originally Posted by Xinfu View Post
Thank you~

1. For 'I would like to present on a literary work/a reading', the meaning here should be 'to talk about', rather than putting on a performance; do you think I learned the wrong thing? I thought ON must be there to show the idea of ABOUT.
You didn't learn it wrong. I misunderstood. Both 'present on' and 'talk about' could be used, although I would go with the latter because it isn't as high a register.
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2. For 'a student can talk about anything relevant as she wishes.', do you not think omitting RELEVANT would float the idea that the student could give himself more rein than he ought to/more freedom than necessary?
If you want to rein it in, just use 'relevant' without the 'as he wishes' part.
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