Are these the same?
If you're looking for a great bakery, you might want to try the one on the corner by the station.
If you're looking for a great bakery, you should try the one on the corner by the station.
Are these roughly the same?
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These have essentially the same meaning: there's a bakery at the corner by the station that I'm sure you'd like. But the difference in wording gives a slight difference in tone. The first, longer, one is more polite and tentative, the result of the extra words.
- These have essentially the same meaning: there's a bakery at the corner by the station that I'm sure you'd like.
- But the difference in wording gives a slight difference in tone.
- The first, longer, one is more polite and tentative, the result of the extra words.
- The second, shorter, one is more direct and brusque, the result of its more compact construction.
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These have essentially the same meaning: there's a bakery at the corner by the station that I'm sure you'd like. But the difference in wording gives a slight difference in tone. The first, longer, one is more polite and tentative, the result of the extra words. The second, shorter, one is more direct and brusque, the result of its more compact construction.
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