http://www.englishforums.com/English/GeneralEnglishGrammarQuestions/Forum12.htmAsk your questions on grammar and get your sentence checked. We answer lots of different types of general English grammar questions here.enCSMOD (Build: 3273.32735)http://www.englishforums.com/English/PerformTaskDifficultThing/gwnbq/post.htm#544220Mon, 21 Jul 2008 02:10:32 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:544220Mr Wordy0http://www.englishforums.com/English/PerformTaskDifficultThing/gwnbq/post.htm#544220http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-544220.xml<p>&quot;do a difficult thing&quot; seems clumsier to me. Also, you&#39;ve introduced the idea that it was &quot;difficult&quot;, which wasn&#39;t present in the original (a task doesn&#39;t have to be difficult; it could be simple).</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>http://www.englishforums.com/English/PerformTaskDifficultThing/gwnrp/post.htmMon, 21 Jul 2008 00:55:11 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:544202Angliholic1http://www.englishforums.com/English/PerformTaskDifficultThing/gwnrp/post.htmhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-544202.xmlIn Italy, scientists showed that an octopus could learn how to perform a task by watching another octopus do it.<br /><br /><br />Hi,<br />Is it about the same to say &quot;do a difficult thing&quot; instead of &quot;perform a task&quot; in the above? Thanks.<div style="clear:both;"></div>