Itemized vs. detailed

[hieuhien]

Test No. incompl/inter-11 "Accounts", question 1

In order to check all the telephone calls made during the month I want the account to be ..........

(a) detailed
(b) particular
(c) specialized
(d) itemized

Test No. incompl/inter-11 "Accounts", answer 1

In order to check all the telephone calls made during the month I want the account to be itemized.

Correct answer: (d) itemized
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[Alan]

I want to have the telephone bill/account itemized means I want to know all the details of the phone calls made.
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[kavya]

if italized means details of something than why is it wrong if we write detailed.

[Alan]

Detailed means giving a full account/description. Itemized, as the word suggests, means giving details of the different items or phone calls made and is therefore the right word here.
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[Proops]

[Alan]

The use of detailed doesn't work in this context. If you have a telephone account which is detailed, it means that there is a lot of informatrion on the account. Itemized is giving specific information on the calls you have made both when they were made and how much they cost.
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[mtaluk]

I think detailed and itemized are not same meaning. itemized means listed order by some information and in this context, mainly purpose is to arrange information

[Khinelay]

I want to know the difference between "to be detailed" and "in detail" .

[Torsten]

"Detailed" is an adjective while "in detail" is a phrase can be used as an adverb.

The report was very detailed.
They discussed the project in detail.
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