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Synonym sentences and their meanings (3)



 
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Synonym sentences and their meanings (3) #1 (permalink) Tue Jul 25, 2006 9:21 am   Synonym sentences and their meanings (3)
 

Hi all,

Once more, please read all couples of sentences and tell me if they are the same meaning. If not, please explain.

1.
Is there too much wind in the back?
Is there too much wind at the back?

2.
Nice talking to you.
Nice to talk to you.

3.
Keep your room neat and tidy.
Keep your room clean and tidy.
Keep your room neat and clean.

4.
Love me do.
Do love me.

5.
I am sorry to leave school.
I am sorry to be leaving school.

6.
It makes a horrible sound all night long.
It makes a horrible sound all night.

7.
You're welcome.
You're more than welcome.

8.
Do you want me to send it up to your room?
Do you want me to send it to your room?

9.
To those who are badly in need of a smile, give them your smile.
For those who are badly in need of a smile, give them your smile.

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Van Khanh
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Synonym sentences and their meanings (3) #2 (permalink) Tue Jul 25, 2006 11:38 am   Synonym sentences and their meanings (3)
 

Hi Van Khanh
Just a few comments:
Van Khanh wrote:
1.
Is there too much wind in the back?
Is there too much wind at the back?
Assuming that "the back" might refer to the back of a car, I would understand the following difference:
"in" = inside the car
"at" = outside the car.


3.
Keep your room neat and tidy.
Keep your room clean and tidy. Not a standard collocation
Keep your room neat and clean.

4.
Love me do. Reminds me of the Beetles and therefore would normally only be sung (by me and probably most Americans who know the song)! Cool Sorry, I don't know whether the Brits would do more than sing this or not.
Do love me.

6.
It makes a horrible sound all night long. This has more of a feeling that the sound is "non-stop"
It makes a horrible sound all night.

7.
You're welcome.
You're more than welcome. More emphatic/enthusiastic, possibly sounds a little more sincere since it's more than the basic "You're welcome" expression

8.
Do you want me to send it up to your room? This sounds like the room is on an upper floor (higher than the speaker)
Do you want me to send it to your room?


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Synonym sentences and their meanings (3) #3 (permalink) Wed Jul 26, 2006 11:20 am   Synonym sentences and their meanings (3)
 

Hi Amy,

So, the numbers 2,5,9 are correct in grammar and have the same meaning?

Khanh
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Synonym sentences and their meanings (3) #4 (permalink) Wed Jul 26, 2006 12:17 pm   Synonym sentences and their meanings (3)
 

Van Khanh wrote:
So, the numbers 2,5,9 are correct in grammar and have the same meaning?

In 2 and 5, the pairs are correct and have more or less the same meaning. In 9, only the first one, which starts with "to" is correct.
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