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Gene93 Posted 10 years ago
Vocabulary

deliberately/consciously

Hello,
Can you see any difference between: "I wasn't deliberately/consciously trying to annoy you. I am sorry."?

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The sense is similar but only the first one is heard in (US) English. I can't think of a situation where the second sentence could be used. An example of usage: A: Your constant texting is starting to annoy me.

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  • The sense is similar but only the first one is heard in (US) English.
  • I can't think of a situation where the second sentence could be used.
  • An example of usage: A: Your constant texting is starting to annoy me.
  • B: Oh, sorry.
  • I got caught up in this texting to my friend.
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The sense is similar but only the first one is heard in (US) English. I can't think of a situation where the second sentence could be used. An example of usage:

A: Your constant texting is starting to annoy me.

B: Oh, sorry. I got caught up in this texting to my friend. I wasn't deliberately trying to annoy you.
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I see some difference between the two. I speak American English.

I wasn't deliberately trying to annoy you. (I wasn't doing anything with the intention of annoying you.)
I wasn't consciously trying to annoy you. (I was totally unaware that I was annoying you.)
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One last question. I heard "consciously" in: "Quite a lot of those guys are camping. The worst thing is that they do it consciously." I might be wrong, but I wouldn't use it here. Camp = not move around in PC/Video games and ambush the other players. It is impossible to camp unconsciously. People do that deliberately/on purpose. They choose to play safely (against the rules) and make the game a n
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