Thein lwin Posted 11 years ago
Grammar

usage

My hands are clumsy.
Please correct the sentence and I'd like to know the meaning of the word 'clumsy'.
  

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Clumsy is an attribute applied to a person who has not yet become practised at doing something. Typically, clumsy people drop things or trip over things. A person who is recovering from an accident may need time to regain his balance or even learn to walk again; so he is temporarily ‘clumsy’.

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Clumsy is an attribute applied to a person who has not yet become practised at doing something. Typically, clumsy people drop things or trip over things. A person who is recovering from an accident may need time to regain his balance or even learn to walk again; so he is temporarily ‘clumsy’.
Hands and feet respond to signals sent from the brain, so when the brain is too inexperienced (as wi