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Mon 17 Dec, 2007 08:47 am
"Please re-check it again".
Is the sentence correct if it had already been checked it at least twice?
I don't think so.
Many thanks.
The prefix re- before a verb or noun implies repetition, that is, that something is being done again. Therefore, using both the re- prefix and "again" is redundant, clumsy and wrong.
Please do your homework again.
Please re-do your homework.
but not
Please re-do your homework again.
"Please re-check it again".
Is the sentence correct if it had already been checked it at least twice?
Yes - given your statement that it had already been checked 2 times; the request was to re-check it still another time.
Sullyfish66, you misunderstood the question. Yoong Liat wished to know if the "re-" prefix is necessary if the word "again" is also used. It is not.
contrex wrote:Sullyfish66, you misunderstood the question. Yoong Liat wished to know if the "re-" prefix is necessary if the word "again" is also used. It is not.
It is, if that's what the speaker wants to say, Contrex.
A: I checked it and I rechecked it and then I rechecked it again.
B: Well, please RECHECK it once more/again.
Contrex wrote:Yoong Liat wished to know if the "re-" prefix is necessary if the word "again" is also used. It is not.
JTT wrote:It is, if that's what the speaker wants to say, Contrex.
Yes, they are making a choice. They are not compelled to though.
It is allowed, it is not wrong, but it is not ever necessary to use the re- prefix if the sentence already contains the word "again".
You appear to misunderstand the meaning of "necessary", JTT. There is nothing to stop a person saying "re-check it again", if they prefer not to say "check it again". It is not compulsory however.
Contrex, you are so pedantic sometimes.
Son: I've written my essage.
Mom: Have you checked it for errors, etc?
Son: Yup, have a look.
Mom: (reading)... Well you've made some mistakes. Please correct them and then recheck the entire thing.
Son: Okay, here it is, I've made the corrections.
Mom: (reading)... oh oh, I've found some mistakes again. Son, you'll have to go through this and recheck it AGAIN.
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Sure, you chould say "recheck it" or "check it again", but in the scenario above (and given earlier), it is perfectly CORRECT/RIGHT/PROPER to use "recheck it again".
So, what's the damn problem, Contrex? Are you going to niggle every little damn thing?
contrex wrote:Contrex wrote:Yoong Liat wished to know if the "re-" prefix is necessary if the word "again" is also used. It is not.
JTT wrote:It is, if that's what the speaker wants to say, Contrex.
Yes, they are making a choice. They are not compelled to though.
It is allowed, it is not wrong, but it is not ever necessary to use the re- prefix if the sentence already contains the word "again".
You appear to misunderstand the meaning of "necessary", JTT. There is nothing to stop a person saying "re-check it again", if they prefer not to say "check it again". It is not compulsory however.
Au contraire Contrex. The question was,
"Is the sentence correct if it had already been checked it at least twice?"
Of course, it doesn't matter how many times it has been checked. I can envision someone saying, when circumstances required it, required in the sense that the speaker wants to emphasize.
Recheck it again and again and again and again, and when you're finished recheck it again.
I think it is BrE vs AmE.
I think Contrex uses BrE, so it is wrong to say 're-check again'. I believe in AmE, it is fine. By the way, I use BrE.
Best wishes
Yoong Liat wrote:I think it is BrE vs AmE.
I think Contrex uses BrE, so it is wrong to say 're-check again'. I believe in AmE, it is fine. By the way, I use BrE.
Best wishes
Best of the season to you and yours, YL. When's the big celebration for you?
Hi JTT
Forgive me for my ignorance. But is the meaning of Best of the season to you and yours, YL. When's the big celebration for you?
I don't understand the meaning of the words in bold.
Merry Xmas to you.
Yoong Liat wrote:Hi JTT
Forgive me for my ignorance. But is the meaning of Best of the season to you and yours, YL. When's the big celebration for you?
I don't understand the meaning of the words in bold.
Merry Xmas to you.
You and yours = you and your family/people close to you.
big celebration = the time around Xmas/New Years that different cultures celebrate.
For example, in Japan, New Years is a bigger deal than Xmas.
Thanks, JTT, for enlightening me.
Best of everything to you and yours.
I don't have any occasion for big celebration.
Best wishes.
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