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 #2 (permalink) Tue Jul 29, 2008 11:45 am "recall", "recollect" and "recount"? |
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Hi Nessie
Have you checked a dictionary?
If you have, could you be more specific about where your confusion lies?
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| #3 (permalink) Wed Jul 30, 2008 6:07 am "recall", "recollect" and "recount"? |
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Hi Amy,
Sorry for my mistake about "recount" (It transparently has a different meaning compared with the other two :))
As for "recall" and "recollect", I think they mean exactly the same (according to what I can understand from my dictionary), but I still want to ask for a native speaker's idea :)
Many thanks
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| #4 (permalink) Wed Jul 30, 2008 23:35 pm "recall", "recollect" and "recount"? |
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For me, "recall" suggests an effortless process; whereas "recollect" suggests a conscious effort.
I expect that it varies from speaker to speaker, though.
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