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Anonymous Posted 8 years ago
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Decrease
What is the difference between decrease and reduce? Dictionaries say both are transitive and intransitive. Can I say, "the hours of hours were decreased from 8 to 7.
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anonymous What is the difference between decrease and reduce? Dictionaries say both are transitive and intransitive. Surely the dictionary says more than that.
- anonymous What is the difference between decrease and reduce?
- Dictionaries say both are transitive and intransitive.
- Surely the dictionary says more than that.
- Did you find no clue what else the dictionary might have said was different?
- If transitivity properties were the only difference between verbs, "sleep" would mean the same as "die", and "find" would mean the same as "lose".
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anonymousWhat is the difference between decrease and reduce? Dictionaries say both are transitive and intransitive.
Surely the dictionary says more than that. Did you find no clue what else the dictionary might have said was different?
If transitivity properties were the only difference between verbs, "sleep" would mean the same as "die", and "find"
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