English Vocabulary

to read over

capablanca

User since 2010
Posts: 34

20 Feb. 2010

Hallo, I've got a translation for 'to read over a text' as 'run over a text'(gr. überfliegen). I guess the opposite 'to check over a text' is the correct translation, isn't it?

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AhQ ['a: kiu]
User since 2006
Posts: 2715
21 Feb. 2010

Hiya Capablanca & Gwendo.
I carefully read your tips over because they were worth it. For nothing I had run over them.

'To read something over' just means to read something, be it closely or quickly.
'To run over a text' is to read it quickly and maybe to review it quickly. (ex. run over a speech before giving it. Answers.com)
Hiya Capablanca & Gwendo. I carefully read your tips over because they were worth it. For nothing I had run over them. 'To read something over' just means to read something, be it closely or quickly. 'To run over a text' is to read it quickly and maybe to review it quickly. (ex. run over a speech before giving it. Answers.com)
capablanca
User since 2010
Posts: 34
20 Feb. 2010

From Gwendo:
Sorry capablanca, I don't understand why do you say "the opposite" (Gegensatz), because all forms seem to say the same.
Please explain to me why do you write "the opposite".

to read over/through: etw. durchsehen, überfliegen
to run over sth: etw. durchgehen
to check over: etwas überprüfen

Thanks Gwendo,when sb. says read over a text, that means reading slowly and carefully, like checking over a contract. However it doesn't mean runing over a text or reading fast and superficial like scanning a flyer. I think both sentences are quite different.
to read over : durchsehen OK ueberfliegen NO
[blockquote]From Gwendo: Sorry capablanca, I don't understand why do you say "the opposite" (Gegensatz), because all forms seem to say the same. Please explain to me why do you write "the opposite". to read over/through: etw. durchsehen, überfliegen to run over sth: etw. durchgehen to check over: etwas überprüfen [/blockquote]Thanks Gwendo,when sb. says read over a text, that means reading slowly and carefully, like checking over a contract. However it doesn't mean runing over a text or reading fast and superficial like scanning a flyer. I think both sentences are quite different. to read over : durchsehen OK ueberfliegen NO
capablanca
User since 2010
Posts: 34
20 Feb. 2010

Hallo, I've got a translation for 'to read over a text' as 'run over a text'(gr. überfliegen). I guess the opposite 'to check over a text' is the correct translation, isn't it?
Hallo, I've got a translation for 'to read over a text' as 'run over a text'(gr. überfliegen). I guess the opposite 'to check over a text' is the correct translation, isn't it?

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