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A. Why did professor give back your research homework? B1. He wanted me to do a more detailed research. B2. He wanted me to research in more ... Forums Dictionarysearch:  English-Spanish English-French English-Italian English-German English-Dutch English-Russian English-Portuguese English-Polish English-Romanian English-Swedish English-Czech English-Greek English-Turkish English-Chinese English-Japanese English-Korean English-Arabic Spanish-English French-English Italian-English German-English Dutch-English Russian-English Portuguese-English Polish-English Romanian-English Swedish-English Czech-English Greek-English Turkish-English Chinese-English Japanese-English Korean-English Arabic-English Spanish-French Spanish-Portuguese Spanish-Catalan French-Spanish Portuguese-Spanish Englishdefinition Englishsynonyms Englishcollocations Englishusage Italiandefinition Spanishdefinition Spanishsynonyms Catalandefinition Spanish French Italian Login Register What'snew Search Rules/Help/FAQ Members InterfaceLanguage Menu Login Register Installtheapp Install Forums EnglishOnly EnglishOnly Youareusinganoutofdatebrowser.Itmaynotdisplaythisorotherwebsitescorrectly.Youshouldupgradeoruseanalternativebrowser. Moredetailedvs.inmoredetail Threadstarter jokaec Startdate Feb13,2017 J jokaec SeniorMember Chinese-HongKong A.Whydidprofessorgivebackyourresearchhomework? B1.Hewantedmetodoamoredetailedresearch. B2.Hewantedmetoresearchinmoredetail. Aretheybothcorrect?Ifso,whichisbetterinthissituation?Thankyou.   DonnyB SixtiesMod Coventry,UK EnglishUKSouthernStandardEnglish Youneedtoomittheindefinitearticleinversion(1):wedon'tsay"a...research". Apartfromthat,Ithinkeitherwouldwork.   R Retired-teacher SeniorMember BritishEnglish FortheU.K.lineAwouldbe Whydidtheprofessor(orprofessorX)givebackyourresearch(work).("Homework"isnotusedbeyondschoollevel.)   J jokaec SeniorMember Chinese-HongKong Retired-teachersaid: FortheU.K.lineAwouldbe Whydidtheprofessor(orprofessorX)givebackyourresearch(work).("Homework"isnotusedbeyondschoollevel.) Clicktoexpand... Thankyouboth!   E Edinburgher SeniorMember Scotland German/Englishbilingual WithDonny'scorrection,botharecorrect,butB1isambiguous,because"moredetailedresearch"canmean"(moredetailed)research"(thatis,researchthatismoredetailed,essentiallythesameasB2),butitcanalsomean"more(detailedresearch)"(whichmeansdetailedresearch,butmoreofit).   Youmustloginorregistertoreplyhere. Share: Facebook Twitter Reddit WhatsApp Email Share Link Forums EnglishOnly EnglishOnly Top