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Learn vs. instruct?



 
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Learn vs. instruct? #1 (permalink) Sun Oct 17, 2004 7:19 am   Learn vs. instruct?
 

Test No. incompl/advan-34 "Teaching your Wife to Drive", question 2

You sit in the passenger seat and ......... your learner to do what you would normally do.

(a) learn
(b) perform
(c) compose
(d) instruct

Test No. incompl/advan-34 "Teaching your Wife to Drive", answer 2

You sit in the passenger seat and instruct your learner to do what you would normally do.

Correct answer: (d) instruct

Your answer was: incorrect
You sit in the passenger seat and learn your learner to do what you would normally do.
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Would you tell me dears why instruct. Learn is fit as well
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Teach and instruct vs. learn #2 (permalink) Sun Oct 17, 2004 10:09 am   Teach and instruct vs. learn
 

Hi Verunchik,

You can learn something but not somebody. You can teach or instruct somedody.

Let us know if this makes sense.
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