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Anonymous Posted 7 years ago
Vocabulary

Act like

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How would you define the meaning of act like in the sentence "I'm going to act like a normal person today"? "Behave like a normal person" or "pretend to be a normal person"? Is there actually any difference in meaning?

  

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anonymous How would you define the meaning of act like in the sentence "I'm going to act like a normal person today"? behave normally (as "normally" is defined by the wide majority of society) anonymous "Behave like a normal person" or "pretend to be a normal person"? Is there actually any difference in meaning?

  • anonymous How would you define the meaning of act like in the sentence "I'm going to act like a normal person today"?
  • behave normally (as "normally" is defined by the wide majority of society) anonymous "Behave like a normal person" or "pretend to be a normal person"?
  • Is there actually any difference in meaning?
  • In the case of someone who usually behaves contrary to social norms, the two meanings you suggest may easily amount to the same thing.
  • CJ
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anonymousHow would you define the meaning of act like in the sentence "I'm going to act like a normal person today"?

behave normally (as "normally" is defined by the wide majority of society)

anonymous"Behave like a normal person" or "pretend to be a normal person"? Is there actually any difference in meaning?

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