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Noun clause and adjective clause | What's the different between blouse and t-shirt?

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#1 (permalink) Thu Feb 12, 2009 0:15 am shed some light on it - what does that mean?

Hi, I usually see people writing 'could anyone shed some light on it' if they are asking someone for something. So could anyone please tell what it means? Thank you

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#2 (permalink) Thu Feb 12, 2009 1:38 am shed some light on it - what does that mean?

The expression means: to clarify, to give some new information on something.

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