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Ansonguy Posted 8 years ago
Grammar

Conceive a thesis statement

John has a lot of trouble conceiving a good thesis statement for his essay.

Is "conceiving" the right verb for my sentence? Thanks a lot.

  

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ansonguy Is "conceiving" the right verb for my sentence? No. finding, creating, and formulating would all be better there.

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ansonguyIs "conceiving" the right verb for my sentence?

No. finding, creating, and formulating would all be better there.

More informally, thinking up and coming up with will also work.

CJ