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Anonymous Posted 10 years ago
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difference between talk to and talk with
  

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Anonymous difference between talk to and talk with talk to - to have conversation with someone or speak to someone; talk with - 1. to have conversation with someone (especially to reach a decision); 2. to scold someone.

  • Anonymous difference between talk to and talk with talk to - to have conversation with someone or speak to someone; talk with - 1.
  • to have conversation with someone (especially to reach a decision); 2.
  • to scold someone.
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Anonymous difference between talk to and talk with
talk to - to have conversation with someone or speak to someone;

talk with - 1. to have conversation with someone (especially to reach a decision); 2. to scold someone.
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Anonymoustalk to - to have conversation with someone or speak to someone;talk with - 1. to have conversation with someone (especially to reach a decision); 2. to scold someone.
This is American English. Outside that, "talk with" is unnecessary so, it's normally talk to.
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talk to Sometimes hints that one person speaks and the other does not.

talk with Sometimes hints that both people speak.

I don't agree with the previous post.
Neither phrase suggests reaching a decision.
In a scolding context, talk to is more common.

Clive
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Anonymous wrote:

talk to - to have conversation with someone or speak to someone;

talk with - 1. to have conversation with someone (especially to reach a decision); 2. to scold someone.

To my ear, exactly the opposite is true. To talk with a person is to have a conversation with that person. To talk to a person is sometimes the same, but can also mea

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