Confusion over VERSUS confusion between

[Dorma]

Business Idiom in English, Intermediate level

ESL/EFL Test #126 "Will and Living Will", question 3

Because there is always ......... between "Will" and "Living Will", many states have adopted the names "Health Care Directive" or "Advanced Health Care Directive" for "Living Will".

(a) mistakes
(b) confusion
(c) tidiness
(d) lucidity

Business Idiom in English, Intermediate level

ESL/EFL Test #126 "Will and Living Will", answer 3

Because there is always confusion between "Will" and "Living Will", many states have adopted the names "Health Care Directive" or "Advanced Health Care Directive" for "Living Will".

Correct answer: (b) confusion

Your answer was: correct
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is confusion over or between?

Dorma

[Yankee]

Hi Dorma

You could say:

There is always confusion over the meaning of "Living Will".
(There is general confusion about one thing/topic)

- OR -

There is always confusion between the terms "Will" and "Living Will".
(It is difficult to understand the difference between the two.)

Amy
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Amy
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ESL teacher, translator, and a native speaker of American English