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Eddie Kal

1:03 AM

@M.A.R. So what's the currency exchange rate between HiNative pts (HNP?) and SE rep (SER)?

AIQ

1:40 AM

@EddieKal hides under the blanket

Eddie Kal

2:13 AM

@AIQ Sorry didn't mean to put you on the spot. I just noticed a user today with a series of VLQ questions and wondered if that was the same user you mentioned yesterday.

AIQ

2:43 AM

@EddieKal I have flagged one of them ...

AIQ

2:55 AM

And the other as well @EddieKal

@ColleenV

A: How do I have students open their books at a specific page by speaking

It would not sound at all natural in the U.S. It is my impression (which may be wrong because I have never been to India) that referring to people in general as "dear" may be common in Indian English, but in the U.S that locution is usually restricted to family members, very close friends, love...

I know that we use "turn to" when we already have an open book. If the book is not opened yet, and we want to open it at say page 11, we would not say "turn to page 11".

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Eddie Kal

4:28 AM

@AIQ Yes you actually can say "Open your English textbook and turn to page 11"

I also wouldn't be fazed by it without "open your book"

AIQ

@EddieKal My bad, yes that is quite common and idiomatic.

> Now turn to (= open the book at) page 23 and look at the first paragraph.

From Cambridge Dictionary

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