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H M Posted 12 years ago
Vocabulary

Could you tell me the difference?

I got a text from one of my friends, who is a native english speaker.

She usually wrote "See you soon" at the end of the line.

But this time, she said "See you again".

I've heard that if you say "See you again", you don't mean/want to see that person sometimes soon...??

Is that so??

Or, those two expressions have almost the same meaning?

I don't understand such subtl meanings of daily expressions...
Maybe it all depends on the context...so nobody can answer?

Can you tell me about in your case if you use those expressions differently?

Anyway, thanks a lot for your help!
  

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Hi I can't see any difference in those two expressions. 'See you again' sounds, to me, as positive as 'see you soon' Less positive things would be: - See you maybe - Try and catch you again sometime Dave

— Dave_anon

  • Hi I can't see any difference in those two expressions.
  • 'See you again' sounds, to me, as positive as 'see you soon' Less positive things would be: - See you maybe - Try and catch you again sometime Dave
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Hi

I can't see any difference in those two expressions. 'See you again' sounds, to me, as positive as 'see you soon'

Less positive things would be:

- See you maybe
- Try and catch you again sometime

Dave
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"See you soon" is a catchy phrase with its alliteration, so it is very common.
"See you again" is uncommon, but has the same meaning.

Another catchy phrase is:
See you later, alligator.

And the retort is:
After a while, crocodile!
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Oh, I see, Thanks a lot!!!

What a relief! Now I can sleep well...!

Sometimes, accidntally, I can happen to be rude to someone due to my English...especially when I'm speaking!!!
So I was wondering whether I might have said something wrong to her or not...

Thank you again.
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