comment

Everyday

1. A comment is something you say or write that gives your opinion or explains something. tree →
2. To comment is to say or write such a remark: «He commented on my drawing.» tree →
3. A comment is a message people write under a post or video online. tree →
4. In computer code, a comment is a note for people that the computer ignores. tree →

In the lessons

In school, teachers write comments on homework and reports; pupils give kind, helpful comments in peer feedback («two stars and a wish»). In online safety lessons, children learn not to post unkind comments, not to share personal information in comments, and to report nasty ones. Phrases: «make a comment», «comment on», «no comment», «leave a comment».

Examples

• The teacher wrote a nice comment on my story. tree →
• She made a funny comment about the weather. tree →
• Please don't comment on how people look. tree →
• Leave a kind comment under your friend's drawing. tree →
• I read the comments under the video. tree →
• «No comment,» said the footballer to reporters. tree →
• He commented that the room was cold. tree →
• Report rude comments to an adult. tree →

Note

Pattern: «comment on something», «comment that…». Noun: commentary (a running description, like in sports); person: commentator. Online rule: never write a comment you would not say face to face.

In Jewish tradition

In school, teachers write comments on homework and reports; pupils give kind, helpful comments in peer feedback («two stars and a wish»). In online safety lessons, children learn not to post unkind comments, not to share personal information in comments, and to report nasty ones. Phrases: «make a comment», «comment on», «no comment», «leave a comment».

Examples

• Onqelos, who renders it into Aramaic as צָדְיָא וְרוֹקָנְיָא tzadya weroqanya ‘(and the earth was) barren and desolate’ (https://cal.huc.edu/comment.php?coord=5100101021). (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation) tree →
• The following interesting comment is from Rabbi Moses Botarel:-"It was Abraham our Father-blessed be he who wrote this book to condemn the doctrine of the sages of his time, who were incredulous of the supreme dogma of the Unity. (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893) tree →
• THERE is hardly another book in Jewish literature, the Bible and the Talmud excepted, that has been so much commented upon as the Sefer Yetzirah. (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914)) tree →

Note

Pattern: «comment on something», «comment that…». Noun: commentary (a running description, like in sports); person: commentator. Online rule: never write a comment you would not say face to face.