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Phrase "the difference in meaning between 'a' ad 'b'?" | Sentence: You should try not only keep on smiling but also talk with us.
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would-be and to-be #1 (permalink) Sun Aug 17, 2008 5:57 am   would-be and to-be		  
What's the difference between 'husband-to -be" and "would-be-husband"?
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would-be and to-be #2 (permalink) Sun Aug 17, 2008 9:42 am   would-be and to-be		  
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A husband-to-be is a fiance; they are to be married.
A would-be husband is a man who wants to be or pretends to be a husband (or is wanted to be by the woman).
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would-be and to-be #3 (permalink) Sun Aug 17, 2008 16:07 pm   would-be and to-be		  
Thank you very much. I suspected so. ...
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