"recall", "recollect" and "recount"?

Nessie · Tue Jul 29, 2008 12:25 pm *"recall", "recollect" and "recount"?*

Hi,

Is there any difference among "recall", "recollect" and "recount"?

Many thanks
Nessie.
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Yankee · Tue Jul 29, 2008 12:45 pm *"recall", "recollect" and "recount"?*

Hi Nessie

Have you checked a dictionary?

If you have, could you be more specific about where your confusion lies?
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Nessie · Wed Jul 30, 2008 7:07 am *"recall", "recollect" and "recount"?*

Hi Amy,

Sorry for my mistake about "recount" (It transparently has a different meaning compared with the other two Smile

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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 Smile

Many thanks
Nessie.
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Sorry seems to be the hardest word...

MrPedantic · Thu Jul 31, 2008 0:35 am *"recall", "recollect" and "recount"?*

For me, "recall" suggests an effortless process; whereas "recollect" suggests a conscious effort.

I expect that it varies from speaker to speaker, though.

MrP

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