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Tmn111 Posted 17 years ago
Grammar

Appropriate/suitable

Can both words "apropriate" and "suitable" be used interchageably?

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tmn111 Can both words " appropriate " and "suitable" be used interchageably? Thanks for replies. They can be interchanged in many sentences, but appropriate has more of a sense of being legally and morally correct, so is used with "behaviors," "actions," "practices," "decisions".

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  • tmn111 Can both words " appropriate " and "suitable" be used interchageably?
  • Thanks for replies.
  • They can be interchanged in many sentences, but appropriate has more of a sense of being legally and morally correct, so is used with "behaviors," "actions," "practices," "decisions".
  • Suitable means that it fits the requirements and circumstances.
  • - A suitable replacement part, a suitable place to live, a suitable husband, a suitable job, etc.
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tmn111Can both words "appropriate" and "suitable" be used interchageably?

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They can be interchanged in many sentences, but appropriate has more of a sense of being legally and morally correct, so is used with "behaviors," "actions," "practices," "decisions".
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Which is correct then:

You should put banknotes into appropriate/suitable place in the drawer.
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