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Nikolay_bulba Posted 16 years ago
Vocabulary

Alternate or interchange?

Hello everyone!

I've got a question for you:

1. Which of two words form the subject is more naturally to use in the following situation:
the weather events come one by one - several minutes sunshine, several minites rain, several minutes sunshine, several minites rain, and so on ...

Should I say sunshine interchanges with rain or sunshine alternates with rain ?
Maybe one of the verbs is more formal?
  

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"Alternates" is by far the better choice, because in most cases it implies a sequence - that is, one follows the other in time. Time may stand still, so to speak, during an exchange/interchange. "

— Avangi

  • "Alternates" is by far the better choice, because in most cases it implies a sequence - that is, one follows the other in time.
  • Time may stand still, so to speak, during an exchange/interchange.
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"Alternates" is by far the better choice, because in most cases it implies a sequence - that is, one follows the other in time.
Time may stand still, so to speak, during an exchange/interchange.

I would not use "interchanges."
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