Paraphrasing

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    Paraphrasing involves restating someone else's ideas in your own words.

    There are several phrases that can be used to introduce paraphrasing:

      So . . . (rephrase the other person's ideas)

      In other words . . . (paraphrase)

      I understand. (You're saying that . . .)

      Oh. I see. (You want to say that . . . )

      I get it. (You mean . . .)

      So, what you mean is . . .

      Let me see if I understand you correctly. . .

      What I think you're saying is . . .

      If I'm hearing you correctly . . .

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Comments (3)Add Comment
excellent programme
written by yakalle Indarathana, October 06, 2009
this is an excellent programm to improve your Enlish.
iI like this programme very much.
thank you.
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written by jessica, November 14, 2009
Ok,i'm not an english speaking person.i just want to make sure that wether these phrases used by english speaking universaly. smilies/smiley.gif
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written by supri, June 27, 2010
great info thanks

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