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Sat Oct 28, 2006 14:22 pm To check vs. to control |
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To check is to make sure, to examine: could you check if we have paid the right amount? I asked the garage to check the brakes. Dictionaries will give you more definitions.
To control means 'to direct': to control the traffic; the firemen had difficulty in controlling the fire. Another definition of 'control' is 'to limit/to regulate': to control the imports of foreign cars. |
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Conchita Language Coach
Joined: 26 Dec 2005 Posts: 2702 Location: Madrid, Spain
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Sun Oct 29, 2006 19:25 pm To check vs. to control |
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a not so common meaning of to check is to keep something from happening. a check rein, for example, keeps a horse's head from being raised beyond a certain point. _________________ teachers open the doors, but the students must enter them by themselves |
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gypsy1900 I'm new here and I like it ;-)

Joined: 29 Oct 2006 Posts: 12 Location: Guadalupe, Zacatecas, Mexico
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Sun Oct 29, 2006 19:34 pm To check vs. to control |
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examples of the verb to check meaning to stop, or to control: 1.An action or influence that stops motion or expression; a restraint: Heavy rains were a check on the army's advance.
2.The condition of being stopped or held back; restraint: kept my temper in check; holding agricultural pests in check with sprays.
3.An abrupt stop in forward movement or progress; a halt. _________________ teachers open the doors, but the students must enter them by themselves |
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gypsy1900 I'm new here and I like it ;-)

Joined: 29 Oct 2006 Posts: 12 Location: Guadalupe, Zacatecas, Mexico
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Sun Oct 29, 2006 19:44 pm To check vs. to control |
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Hi gypsy1900
Yes, that's right. Check can also be used with the meaning of 'stop' or 'restrain'. There's also the expression 'to keep in check'.
There are some good example sentences included with the definitions of check here.
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