In the loop
Do you remember what an idiom is? Can you give a couple of examples?
The speaker on the video you watched earlier said this:
Every email needs at least one recipient. But if you're including multiple recipients, consider using the CC (or Carbon Copy) field. This keeps those extra readers in the loop without requiring them to respond.
What do you think?
What is a loop?
Go to the Longman’s Dictionary of Contemporary English to read the definition.
Do you understand? Can you draw a loop in the air?
How do you say it?
Listen to “in the loop” being pronounced on Youglish.com. (Try to notice which verbs go with it, too.)
Talk about it
What do you think the idiom “in the loop” means? Can you guess?
Now check the Oxford Learners Dictionary to find out what the idiom means. Read the definition out loud. Can you understand it?
Next, watch the video below to learn how to use “in the loop”. You can watch it as many times as you want.
Open Exercise below and answer a couple of questions about the idiom in the loop.