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Copying texts? #1 (permalink) Thu Sep 28, 2006 16:03 pm   Copying texts?
 

I understand that in the following paragraph the verb copy means to repeat or read out loud. Would you use the word in the same way?

The first is something I requested he do everyday and that is to take a few paragraphs from an article or such and to just sit and copy it for fifteen minutes.
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Copying texts? #2 (permalink) Thu Sep 28, 2006 16:15 pm   Copying texts?
 

Hi Torsten

The word copy can be used to mean "imitate" or "mimic" which could involve copying the way a person speaks, for example. But I think it sounds more like the guy in your sentence was told to transcribe text -- i.e., no speaking involved.

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Copy #3 (permalink) Thu Sep 28, 2006 17:35 pm   Copy
 

Hi,

Yes, I think the same. Probably the phrasal verb copy out would make the meaning clearer. Perhaps it could be an exercise in improving handwriting.

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Copy information from a book #4 (permalink) Thu Sep 28, 2006 17:46 pm   Copy information from a book
 

Now I remember that you can also copy information from a book or another resource, meaning you write it down...
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