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Revenue vs turnover | Another: Vietnamese another girl vs. Another vietnamese girl
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Say vs. Speak Wed Sep 13, 2006 4:57 am  Say vs. Speak
 

Hi teachers,

Please look at the following:

I spoke to John yesterday.
I talked to John yesterday.


What is the difference?
Could you shed some light on how to use say and speak?

Thanls in advance

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Say/speak/talk Wed Sep 13, 2006 10:18 am  Say/speak/talk
 

Here are two threads that will be of help:

Speak vs say
http://www.english-test.net/forum/ftopic831.html

May I talk with Alan?
http://www.english-test.net/forum/ftopic5827.html
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