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#2 (permalink) Sat Apr 03, 2004 21:11 pm Differ and distinguish |
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Hi Terminator,
Two or more things can differ from each other. That means, they are different. You can distinguish between two or more things. That means, you recognize them as different.
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#3 (permalink) Sat Apr 03, 2004 21:33 pm Differ and distinguish |
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| Torsten wrote: |
Hi Terminator,
Two or more things can differ from each other. That means, they are different. You can distinguish between two or more things. That means, you recognize them as different. |
Is it incorrect? I can differ this book from another one. Terminator :evil: |
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#4 (permalink) Wed May 10, 2006 9:51 am To differ and to distinguish |
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| Hi! I think what you are trying to say is, "I can't differentiate this book from one another." However, I'm not quite sure what you are trying to say. I think there is always a way to differentiate one book from the other. Well, let's wait what the teachers have to say on this. |
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#5 (permalink) Wed May 10, 2006 10:07 am Differ |
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Hi chocolatee,
There are two verbs: differ and differentiate.
Differ is an intransitive verb (has no object) and means be different from and differentiate is a transitive verb (takes an object) (and also intransitive ) and means make a difference between. Look at these sentences:
Both these bottles look the same but one differs from the other because one has a red label and the other a green label. In that way you can differentiate one from the other
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#6 (permalink) Thu May 11, 2006 11:37 am To differ and to distinguish |
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| Oh, okay. Your explanation makes a lot of sense. Thank you for giving us this great explanation and these good examples. |
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