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Forum_mail Posted 19 years ago
Vocabulary
confident and self-confident
confident and self-confident mean the same thing when they are used to describe a person, don't they? they both mean that someone is sure of himself/herself and of his abilities etc. ?
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Hi, confident and self-confident mean the same thing when they are used to describe a person, don't they? they both mean that someone is sure of himself/herself and of his abilities etc. When you say a confident man and a self-confident man , there's usually not much difference.
- Hi, confident and self-confident mean the same thing when they are used to describe a person, don't they?
- they both mean that someone is sure of himself/herself and of his abilities etc.
- When you say a confident man and a self-confident man , there's usually not much difference.
- However, here are a couple of comments.
- self-confident This focuses on the person's general character.
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Hi,
confident and self-confident mean the same thing when they are used to describe a person, don't they? they both mean that someone is sure of himself/herself and of his abilities etc. ?
When you say a confident man and a self-confident man, there's usually not much difference. However, here are a co
confident and self-confident mean the same thing when they are used to describe a person, don't they? they both mean that someone is sure of himself/herself and of his abilities etc. ?
When you say a confident man and a self-confident man, there's usually not much difference. However, here are a co
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thanks,
what about:
He's a very confident person.
He's a very self-confident person.
any difference? my guess is that no
what about:
He's a very confident person.
He's a very self-confident person.
any difference? my guess is that no
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>He's a very self-confident person.
Not really used. Use the other one.
Not really used. Use the other one.
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Hi FM
I'd say it would be much more typical to simply use the adjective in your second sentence:
He's very self-confident.
I'd say it would be much more typical to simply use the adjective in your second sentence:
He's very self-confident.
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BTW, the hits at the New York Times are:
2 from nytimes.com for "self-confident person"
250 from nytimes.com for "confident person"
2 from nytimes.com for "self-confident person"
250 from nytimes.com for "confident person"
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Just to make sure that nobody gets the wrong idea:
A search at the New York Times gets 1086 hits for just the word self-confident.
And searching for self-confidence results in 3,236 hits.
Forum_Mail, another option for your second sentence would be this:
He has a lot of self-confidence.
A search at the New York Times gets 1086 hits for just the word self-confident.
And searching for self-confidence results in 3,236 hits.
Forum_Mail, another option for your second sentence would be this:
He has a lot of self-confidence.
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