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Ngthaongoc Posted 15 years ago
Grammar
Differences between words
Could anyone tell me how these verbs are different: adjourn, postpone, delay, defer?
Thanks in advance.
Thanks in advance.
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Hello ngthaongoc and welcome to English Forums[ ] [8] Any good thesaurus can explain how these verbs differ. com / ? John
- Hello ngthaongoc and welcome to English Forums[ ] [8] Any good thesaurus can explain how these verbs differ.
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Dear Mr.John,
I have to choose between 'adjourn' and 'postpone' for the blank in the sentence: The match had to be ___ because of heavy snow.
I have been trying to find out the differences between the meanings of these words (delay, postpone, adjourn, defer) in many kinds of dictionaries. However, most of them uses one word to explain the others, like "to delay means to po
I have to choose between 'adjourn' and 'postpone' for the blank in the sentence: The match had to be ___ because of heavy snow.
I have been trying to find out the differences between the meanings of these words (delay, postpone, adjourn, defer) in many kinds of dictionaries. However, most of them uses one word to explain the others, like "to delay means to po
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ngthaongocI have to choose between 'adjourn' and 'postpone' for the blank in the sentence: The match had to be __ because of heavy snow.Hi,
Passive voice
The match had to be postponed because of heavy snow.
Active voice
They had to put off the match due to heavy snow.
They had to delay the match on ac
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