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05-08-2008, 10:31 PM
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| ^ Perhaps he/she was speaking Latin? | 
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05-08-2008, 10:47 PM
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| No.
comprehendo (Latin): to embrace, take firmly, include, seize
It doesn't make sense in that context. He/she was simply typing in broken Spanish. | |
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05-08-2008, 10:53 PM
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| AltaVista - Babel Fish Translation
Type in 'no comprendo' and translate from Spanish to English.
Maybe it's high time you stopped making assumptions and started thinking outside the box. | |
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05-08-2008, 10:54 PM
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| He wrote, "No compreHEndo."
Get with the program. | |
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05-08-2008, 10:57 PM
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| You're quite obtuse aren't you?
No Comprehendo - According to you, 'comprhendo' means 'To include, embrace... etc.' in Latin.
No Comprendo - According to the translator, 'comprendo' means 'To include, understand... etc.' in Spanish.
See the connection now?
He/she was speaking in Latin. 
Also, in context, 'comprehendo' in Latin CAN mean 'to understand'...
Do I need to link you to m-w.com to show you that 'to embrace' can be a synonym for 'to understand'? | |
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05-08-2008, 11:00 PM
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| No, it means "embrace" in a physical way. | |
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05-08-2008, 11:01 PM
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| Latin-English Dictionary
Look up 'comprehendo'.
Look at last meaning.
Look up 'apprehend'.
Have a good night... or, morning, rather.
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05-08-2008, 11:05 PM
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| apprehend: to take into custody; arrest by legal warrant or authority: The police apprehended the burglars. | |
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05-08-2008, 11:08 PM
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| define: apprehend - Google Search
(Now, before you say... that's the meaning of 'comprehend' not 'apprehend'... : apprehend - Definition from the Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary.)
... So, there's a very intriguing secret among the speakers of the English language, and I'm going to let you in on it. Now, I'll go very slowly so you can grasp it to the fullest. Are you ready?
Here it comes...
A word...
can....
have...
more...
than...
one...
meaning... | |
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05-08-2008, 11:12 PM
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| In the Latin-English dictionary, the full #3 definition was, "to gather together, apprehend." That makes sense if you take it to mean that some people were gathered together and seized. "To gather together" and "apprehend" work as synonyms in the definition.
This is all made pointless by the fact that the OP said him/herself, "Yes, "No comprendo" means "I don't understand"." He/she was indirectly admitting the SPANISH typo from before.
Re-read the whole thread, Feed. Read carefully. And bow down to my superior intellect. | |
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05-08-2008, 11:15 PM
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| To gather can mean to understand... gather - Definition from the Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary
#6.
BTW, just look at #2 on the Latin dictionary again... it says: comprehendo : to grasp, take together, unite /comprehend.
No comprehendo DOES mean I don't understand in Latin. (Here's a hint... no (not) comprehendo (comprehend)).
He/she wasn't admitting anything; in fact, he/she was trying to explain to you what he/she was saying since you didn't understand it. (Which you still seem incapable of doing at the moment).
Anyway, the fact that you're saying 'bow down blah blah' shows you've accepted that I'm right... (hence you've ran out of things to say)... so I'm out.
Au revoir! | |
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05-08-2008, 11:16 PM
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| "indirectly admitting"
Interesting use of words panic. Exactly how ''indirectly''? Perhaps you miscomprehended "indirectly", I was evidently refering to the Latin language.
Good try though. | |
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05-08-2008, 11:18 PM
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| Spanish, not Latin. | |
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05-09-2008, 12:45 PM
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| Back on topic:
CCstudent12, I would suggest that you start off by buying some SAT study guides. I understand that Rocket Review is a good book to start off with. Buy the Official SAT Study guide for practice papers and practice regularly. I'd say if you can study for 1-2 hours every day over the summer, you could see a significant improvement. It's not too difficult to improve from 400-600 once you've grasped the subjects. It's getting over the 2000 boundary that's the hard bit, and with your ambitious target of 2300 (which is most certainly possible) it will take a LOT of hard work.
Good luck with your work 
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05-09-2008, 02:50 PM
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| Quote:
My PSAT scores are Critical Reading-40
Mathematics-56
Writing skills- 39
| Ok, Sophomore to Sophomore, here's the scoop:
(PSAT math is easier than SAT math, so for the sake of argument, I'm going to call your 56(0) a 51(0).)
You have a 1300 right now, which is about average for a Sophomore. (1500 is the average of SAT scores). On the one hand, you've got a year and half to study, but on the other hand, an increase of 1000 points is incredibly unlikely. A 500 point increase is considered phenomenal. Also, increases get progressively more difficult as your score improves--1300 to 1800 is about a gillion times easier than 1800 to 2300.
Your goal is not impossible, but if you wait much longer it will be. So, basically, get studying! You said, and many people say, that there's no time to study during the school year. But, let's face it, we both know that's a load of crap. School ends at 2-3pm, you go to sleep at 10pm-12am. There's no way in hell that your 7-10 hours daily hours of potential studying time are completely occupied. There are tons of threads about which prep books to use, how to study, et cetera.
The most important thing to do, though, is to right away start reading regularly. Read 20 minutes, 40 minutes, an hour, whatever, every day. Vary fiction and nonfiction and don't neglect it. | |
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