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in speech v.s. in a speech #1 (permalink) Thu Nov 29, 2007 9:06 am   in speech v.s. in a speech
 

Hi,

Could you tell me which one you'd choose:
Quote:
1.These words are easy to mix up in speech
2.These words are easy to mix up in a speech

(or maybe neither of them is correct - in which case could you correct them, please)

Thanks
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in speech v.s. in a speech #2 (permalink) Thu Nov 29, 2007 11:18 am   in speech v.s. in a speech
 

Both your sentences are correct, but they have different meanings:

1.These words are easy to mix up in speech. = The words can be mixed up in spoken language.

2.These words are easy to mix up in a speech. = The words can be mixed up when giving a talk in public.
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in speech v.s. in a speech #3 (permalink) Thu Nov 29, 2007 12:05 pm   in speech v.s. in a speech
 

Thank you very much!
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