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#2 (permalink) Wed May 07, 2008 21:09 pm place / space / room |
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Hi Liza
That question is a little too broad to answer in a single forum post. I would suggest reading lots of sentences using each of the three words. The BNC would be probably be a good place to start for examples of usage: BNC: place BNC: space BNC: room . _________________ "Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power." ~ Abraham Lincoln |
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Yankee I'm a Communicator ;-)

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#3 (permalink) Thu May 08, 2008 5:07 am place / space / room |
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Dear Amy,
Yes, I think I didn't ask it in a proper way. So e.g. I meant, that I don't know which is good here:
- I couldn't park my car because there wasn't enough space / room / place for it. - I can't write my homework at my desk because there isn't enough free space / room / place on it. - I couldn 't sit down on the train because there wasn't enough space / room / place on it. (or I can use just 'seat' here?) - We don't have enough space / room / place in our garden to plant new trees in it.
and so on.
I'm sorry if these sample sentences are quite awkward. (It's too early here :).
So I'm interested in this kind of common meaning of the three words. If you could help help, it would be very useful for me.
Thanks Liza |
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Liza I'm here quite often ;-)
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#4 (permalink) Thu May 08, 2008 5:26 am place / space / room |
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| Liza wrote: |
- I couldn't park my car because there wasn't enough space / room for it. Or you could say "I couldn't find a parking space." - I can't write my homework at my desk because there isn't enough free space on it. - I couldn't sit down on the train because there wasn't enough space / room on it. (or I can use just 'seat' here?) Space and room are possible, but you could also say that 'there weren't any seats left'. - We don't have enough space / room in our garden to plant new trees in it. |
My choices and comments are in blue in the quote, Liza. _________________ "Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power." ~ Abraham Lincoln |
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Yankee I'm a Communicator ;-)

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