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MaXmOuSe Posted 21 years ago
Grammar

Difference in meaning ! use the following words and some of their derivatives in the corresponding sentences:

0 Usual - Common - Ordnary 02br
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00 1.Yesterday the king was in his (usual) peevish temper. 02br
00 2.Ordinary sense had taught him that he more one practised the better violinist one would become. 02br
00 3.Legends tell quite out of the common stories. 02br
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00 real - true genuine authentic - original 02br
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001.jack hardly ever reads fiction in the (original). 02br
002.On hearing the news a (true) smile lit his face. 02br
003.The test only proved the (authenticity) of the vase. 02br
004.Some people believe they have (really) seen Loch Ness. 02br
005.What I admire most about her is that she is inevitably ( genuine) to herself. 02br
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00 imaginary - imaginative 02br
001.This is the most (imaginary) staging of Shakespeare's play I have ever seen. 02br
002.To most children fairies and witches are by far not (imaginative) creatures. 02br
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00 critic - critique 02br
001.Yesterday I read a most scandalous (critique) on the last staging of "Othello" at the the 02br
002.Royal Theatre in the literary supplement of Independent.Obviously the (critic) knows nothing about the theatre. 02br
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00 Literal - literate - literary 02br
001.Though hardly (literate) Huck Finn shows unique natural intelligence. 02br
002.Literary analysis is by far not anybody's cup of tea. 02br
003.When translaing fiction one should not rely merely on the literal meaning of the separate words. 02br
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00This is what I think ! Is it correct ? 0-
  

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0 Dear Maxmouse, 02br 02br 00Number one is correct. 02br 02br 00Number two is "common sense". 02br 02br 00Number three is "legends tell quite unusual stories".

  • 0 Dear Maxmouse, 02br 02br 00Number one is correct.
  • 02br 02br 00Number two is "common sense".
  • 02br 02br 00Number three is "legends tell quite unusual stories".
  • 02br 02br 00Kind regards, 02br 00Goldmund 0-
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0 Dear Maxmouse, 02br
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00Number one is correct. 02br
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00Number two is "common sense". 02br
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00Number three is "legends tell quite unusual stories". 02br
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00Kind regards, 02br
00Goldmund 0-
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0 Hello Max 02br
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00You can also say: 02br
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003. Legends tell of stories that are quite out of the ordinary. 02br
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00MrP 0-
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0 I would go like: 02br
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001) usual - common - ordinary 02br
001. Yesterday the king was in his (usual) peevish temper. 02br
002. (Common) sense had taught him that he more one practiced the better violinist one would become. 02br
003. Legends tell quite out of the (ordinary) stories. 02br
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002) real - true -

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