caesar1983
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- Italy
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Dear teachers,
I hope you can help me with this topic.
I have already checked the dictionary but I cannot catch if there is a high difference (is it correct "high difference"?) between "to push someone into doing something" and "to prompt someone to do something", because, on the basis of what I have read they mean quite the same but I do not know if you, native speakers, use them with different shades of meaning:
- I made up my mind about going to a gym after I saw myself in a picture taken during my holidays. I had got fat and that prompted me to go to the gym.
- I made up my mind about going to a gym after I saw myself in a picture taken during my holidays. I had got fat and that pushed me into going to the gym.
- My sister prompted me to carry on studying Maths even though I used to struggle in Maths when I was at school.
- My sister pushed me into carrying on studying Maths even though I used to struggle in Maths when I was at school.
1) They all mean that someone recommend someone or forces someone to do something...is it correct? is it more a recommendation or a costriction?
2) do you use them with the same meaning? If you don't could you help me understand the difference, please?
3) I have also seen that "push" admits too constructions: "to push someone into doing something" and "to push someone to do something". Do you use both in everyday's English? Any difference in meaning?
Thank you very much for you help.
I hope you can help me with this topic.
I have already checked the dictionary but I cannot catch if there is a high difference (is it correct "high difference"?) between "to push someone into doing something" and "to prompt someone to do something", because, on the basis of what I have read they mean quite the same but I do not know if you, native speakers, use them with different shades of meaning:
- I made up my mind about going to a gym after I saw myself in a picture taken during my holidays. I had got fat and that prompted me to go to the gym.
- I made up my mind about going to a gym after I saw myself in a picture taken during my holidays. I had got fat and that pushed me into going to the gym.
- My sister prompted me to carry on studying Maths even though I used to struggle in Maths when I was at school.
- My sister pushed me into carrying on studying Maths even though I used to struggle in Maths when I was at school.
1) They all mean that someone recommend someone or forces someone to do something...is it correct? is it more a recommendation or a costriction?
2) do you use them with the same meaning? If you don't could you help me understand the difference, please?
3) I have also seen that "push" admits too constructions: "to push someone into doing something" and "to push someone to do something". Do you use both in everyday's English? Any difference in meaning?
Thank you very much for you help.