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Strange use of "The": I need the money. | idiom: put one's mind to
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using remedy instead of fixing? Mon Dec 03, 2007 16:38 pm  using remedy instead of fixing?
 

Hi All,

A user told me that he's missing a connection in his program and therefore the program doesn't work as expected.

I wrote him following:

I will remedy it if I may connect to your PC.

Is that OK to use remedy instead of using to fix?
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using remedy instead of fixing? Tue Dec 04, 2007 12:50 pm  using remedy instead of fixing?
 

Yes, you can say you fix a problem or that you remedy a problem.

However, you can't say that you remedy a solid object, so you can't remedy a car or a computer; you have to fix those.
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