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The phrase "ask for elaboration" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when you want someone to provide more details or clarification on a topic or statement.
Example: "If you don't understand the concept, don't hesitate to ask for elaboration during the discussion."
Alternatives: "request further details" or "seek clarification".
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(Ask for elaboration if necessary) Were some modules easier to grasp than others?
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Reactivate Prior Knowledge – Instructor asks questions, provides brief demonstrations, or asks for elaborations in order to activate student thinking about previous topics.
As a result, I sent a note to Marcott and his co-authors asking for some elaboration on points Marcott made in the exchanges with McIntyre.
Asked for more elaboration on the statement, a spokesperson says the company is "certain" that the restructure, although "estimated to impact a maximum of 440 positions globally," will in fact be "much smaller than 440".
Clarification of meaning through re-iteration of candidates' responses or asking for further elaboration on short "yes" or "no" answers became a main function of the interviewer in the semi-structured interview process.
(In a kind of joke about men who won't ask for directions — fairy tales are, of course, often elaborations of such jokes, tallies of the wages of stubbornness — the take-charge baker forbids his wife to accompany him but then needs her to remind him what exactly it is that he's supposed to bring back).
The case for elaborate task engagement could be seen as participants asked for reasons and elaboration on why the partner thought so.
(7) The case for elaborate task engagement could be seen as participants asked for reasons and elaboration on why the partner thought so.
The case for elaborate task engagement can be seen as participants asked for reasons and elaboration on why the partner thought so.
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