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Gene93 Posted 10 years ago
Vocabulary
conceivable/possible
Hello,
Some of the people I know tend to use both of them pretty much interchangeably. Can you detect any significant differences between them in:
- It is conceivable/possible that the manager made a mistake.
- The book covers every conceivable/possible aspect of this subject.
A lot of dictionaries define conceivable as "able to be imagined" and that strikes me as the main difference, but I may be wrong.
Thank you.
Some of the people I know tend to use both of them pretty much interchangeably. Can you detect any significant differences between them in:
- It is conceivable/possible that the manager made a mistake.
- The book covers every conceivable/possible aspect of this subject.
A lot of dictionaries define conceivable as "able to be imagined" and that strikes me as the main difference, but I may be wrong.
Thank you.
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Gene93 Some of the people I know tend to use both of them pretty much interchangeably. Me. too.
- Gene93 Some of the people I know tend to use both of them pretty much interchangeably.
- Me.
- too.
- Gene93 Can you detect any significant differences between them 'Conceivable' is less used and may be more emphatic for that reason alone.
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Gene93Some of the people I know tend to use both of them pretty much interchangeably.Me. too.
Gene93Can you detect any significant differences between them'Conceivable' is less used and may be more emphatic for that reason alone.
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Consider this.
If you toss a coin, two results are possible (heads or tails).
But it sounds wrong to say that two results are conceivable.
If you toss a coin, two results are possible (heads or tails).
But it sounds wrong to say that two results are conceivable.
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