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l illustrated him how to go to the station. Does this sound natural?
I’d like to know the usage of ‘illustrate’ as a verb.
Can you give me a example?
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@bakedbeans You could say "I illustrated the way to the station for him." But normally we wouldn't use 'illustrated' for this. (We'd say 'I drew him a map ...')
'Illustrate' is a transitive verb, so you have to 'illustrate something'.
It has two main meanings. One is to add drawings, photographs or pictures to clarify some text, like pictures in a book or diagrams in a presentation.
"Could you illustrate this narrative for me?"
The other is to add examples to support or clarify something (these don't need to be graphics, they can be text examples).
"I'd like you to illustrate this chapter with some practical examples."
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A little unnatural
l showed him how to go to the station (by drawing him a map).
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A little unnatural
@bakedbeans You could say "I illustrated the way to the station for him." But normally we wouldn't use 'illustrated' for this. (We'd say 'I drew him a map ...')
'Illustrate' is a transitive verb, so you have to 'illustrate something'.
It has two main meanings. One is to add drawings, photographs or pictures to clarify some text, like pictures in a book or diagrams in a presentation.
"Could you illustrate this narrative for me?"
The other is to add examples to support or clarify something (these don't need to be graphics, they can be text examples).
"I'd like you to illustrate this chapter with some practical examples."
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That’s exactly what I needed.
I could see the usage and it helped enormously.
いつも本当にありがとうございます。
とても良くわかりました。😀😀😀
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A little unnatural
@bakedbeans You’re welcome. 🙂
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