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#2 (permalink) Tue Mar 20, 2007 17:35 pm briefing vs. clearing |
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Hi Honda
If you brief members of the press on or about something, you provide information about a particular topic to them.
If you clear members of the press, that might mean, for example, that you give your OK that members of the press are present. Or a judge might clear members of the press of a crime (i.e. the judge pronounces them innocent).
You cannot clear someone on a topic and that's why the word clearing does not fit the test sentence.
I hope that answers your question. _________________ "Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power." ~ Abraham Lincoln |
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#3 (permalink) Sat Aug 10, 2013 14:26 pm briefing vs. clearing |
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brief (v)
1 to give somebody information about something so that they are prepared to deal with it brief somebody: I expect to be kept fully briefed at all times.
brief somebody on/about something -The officer briefed her on what to expect. -this is the equivalent of our test.
2 brief somebody (to do something) (British English, law) to give a lawyer, especially a barrister, the main facts of a legal case so that it can be argued in court _________________ Don't walk behind me; I may not lead. Don't walk in front of me; I may not follow. Just walk beside me and be my friend. |
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