She read the book aloud.

Meaning: This sentence describes someone reading a book out loud, making it audible to others.

Choice of Words: Read means to look at and understand written or printed matter. Aloud means in a voice loud enough to be heard by others. When combined, read the book aloud means to read the book in a voice loud enough for others to hear.

Alternative Expressions

She read the book out loud.

Meaning: This means the same as the first example. She spoke the words in the book so that others could hear them.

Choice of Words: She is a personal pronoun that refers to a specific person in this case. Read is a verb that means to look at and understand written words. The book is a noun that refers to a collection of written pages. Out loud means to speak something so that others can hear it.

She read the book to herself.

Meaning: This means that she read the book silently. She didn't speak the words out loud.

Choice of Words: She is a personal pronoun that refers to a specific person in this case. Read is a verb that means to look at and understand written words. The book is a noun that refers to a collection of written pages. To herself means that she spoke the words in the book so that she could hear them, but not so that others could hear them.

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