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Angliholic

#435156 Fri, 26 Oct 07 04:24 PM

Each year the parade's organizers choose a theme for the marchers and puppeteers. When these creative minds find/figure out what the theme is, they go to work.

Which sounds better in the above sample to you, find or figure? If both, are they the same in meaning? Thanks.

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Philip

#435168 Fri, 26 Oct 07 04:54 PM

Angliholic wrote:

Each year the parade's organizers choose a theme for the marchers and puppeteers. When these creative minds find/figure out what the theme is, they go to work.

Which sounds better in the above sample to you, find or figure? If both, are they the same in meaning? Thanks.

Find. They learn what the theme will be, and then they go and figure out what they are going to do to carry it out.

Philip

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Angliholic

#435174 Fri, 26 Oct 07 05:10 PM

Philip wrote:
Angliholic wrote:

Each year the parade's organizers choose a theme for the marchers and puppeteers. When these creative minds find/figure out what the theme is, they go to work.

Which sounds better in the above sample to you, find or figure? If both, are they the same in meaning? Thanks.

Find. They learn what the theme will be, and then they go and figure out what they are going to do to carry it out.

Thanks, Philip, for the clear reply.

I get it now.

Angliholic

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