verb / noun · neutral
comment
UK/ˈkɒment/US/ˈkɑːment/COM·ment
to express an opinion (verb); a short statement expressing an opinion (noun)
Examples
“The teacher commented on the strengths and weaknesses of the essay.”
“Her written comments helped me improve the structure of my report.”
“I would like to comment on the author's conclusion.”
Band 8 sentence
“The examiner's comments highlighted that the essay lacked depth in the analysis rather than surface grammar errors.”
Collocations
- comment on
- make a comment
- written comments
Word family
Common mistakes
I want to comment about his idea.→I want to comment on his idea.
Please put your comments in the margin.→Please put your comments in the margin.
Say it for a higher band
5say→6remark→7+comment
Synonyms
remark
Easily confused
remark
“He made a brief remark about the proposal during the meeting.”
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