[Vocabulary] I want alternative to 'I learn important thing form that experience.

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Hello everyone,

I am writing a letter to a friend telling him about my new TV my brother broke down.

on of the examiner's questions is 'what you learnt from the experience?' I want to alter this answer because I think it's not well-expressed.

"I do really learn an important thing from that experience; don't ever let you your little brother deal with a precious item, and if he want to do anything with it, I should do it myself"

Thanks in advance.
 
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Any help, please?
 

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How can you change an examiner's question?
 

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Hello everyone,

I am writing a letter to a friend telling him about my new TV which my brother broke. [STRIKE]down[/STRIKE].

One of the examiner's questions is 'What have you learnt from the experience?' I want to alter this question because I think it's not well-expressed. (There is certainly a word missing, which I have added.)

"I [STRIKE]do[/STRIKE] [STRIKE]really[/STRIKE] learnt [STRIKE]an[/STRIKE] a really important thing from that experience; don't ever let [STRIKE]you[/STRIKE] your little brother [STRIKE]deal with[/STRIKE] touch a [STRIKE]precious[/STRIKE] valuable item, and if [STRIKE]he[/STRIKE] I want to do anything with it, I should do it myself."

Thanks in advance.

Please see the amendments I have made to your post. If you have copied the examiner's question correctly, then there was certainly a word missing. I don't understand why you wanted to alter the question, rather than simply correct it.
 
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I'm so sorry! Studying is stressing me out! And 'question' should have been 'Answer'.
 

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on of the examiner's questions is 'what you learnt from the experience?' I want to alter this answer because I think it's not well-expressed.

I agree- I would use What did you learn/have you learnt from the experience?
 
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