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English Questions 'Procrastinate and leapfrog'

 
 
Reply Thu 28 Mar, 2013 10:19 pm
Hi English teachers,
I am not sure if I have used two new words appropriately. Please check my sentences, many thanks in advance.
I always try not to leapfrog my given tasks as well as try not to procrastinate any given tasks in the office. Nevertheless I still miss them out occasionally.
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Reply Thu 28 Mar, 2013 10:45 pm
"Leapfrog" is a good word, but it's not that commonly used. If I were to use it, I'd expand the sentence to make it clearer what I meant. "Procrastinate" in this situation would need a helping word. And the last sentence needs recasting.

I always try not to leapfrog my given tasks and do something else instead; and I try not to procrastinate about doing any given tasks in the office. Nevertheless I still do them occasionally.

("Procrastinate", on the other hand, is a very common word, because we all do.)
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Reply Thu 28 Mar, 2013 11:02 pm
@Loh Jane,
Loh Jane wrote:


I always try not to leapfrog my given tasks as well as try not to procrastinate any given tasks in the office. Nevertheless I still miss them out occasionally.



I wouldn't use this sentence at all. You might say "I still slip up, occasionally."
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Reply Fri 29 Mar, 2013 05:00 am
Hi all,
thank you.
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