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



 
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"recall", "recollect" and "recount"? #1 (permalink) Tue Jul 29, 2008 11:25 am   "recall", "recollect" and "recount"?
 

Hi,

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

Many thanks
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"recall", "recollect" and "recount"? #2 (permalink) Tue Jul 29, 2008 11:45 am   "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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"recall", "recollect" and "recount"? #3 (permalink) Wed Jul 30, 2008 6:07 am   "recall", "recollect" and "recount"?
 

Hi Amy,

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

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"recall", "recollect" and "recount"? #4 (permalink) Wed Jul 30, 2008 23:35 pm   "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.

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