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Anonymous Posted 17 years ago
differences between
avoid and prevent
censure and censor
yet and but
Grammar
Differences between some words
differences between
avoid and prevent
censure and censor
yet and but
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Avoid means to escape from something that now exists. Prevent means to stop something from existing. You avoid being hit by a baseball by jumping out of the way.
- Avoid means to escape from something that now exists.
- Prevent means to stop something from existing.
- You avoid being hit by a baseball by jumping out of the way.
- You prevent being hit by a baseball by setting all baseballs on fire.
- If you censure something, you contemn it (say it is bad).
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Avoid means to escape from something that now exists. Prevent means to stop something from existing. You avoid being hit by a baseball by jumping out of the way. You prevent being hit by a baseball by setting all baseballs on fire.
If you censure something, you contemn it (say it is bad). If you censor something, you block it from being published.
Yet and but are conjunct
If you censure something, you contemn it (say it is bad). If you censor something, you block it from being published.
Yet and but are conjunct
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