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Navitasan Posted 8 years ago
Grammar

Distinguish accents

Which are correct:

1) He is good at telling accents.

2) He is good at telling accents apart.

3) He is good at recognizing accents.

4) He is good at distinguishing accents.

5) He is good at picking out accents.


Do they all mean the same?


Gratefully,

Navi

  

Top answer

navitasan 1) He is good at telling accents. No - this doesn't really work for me. I think you need the extra word on the end to make it sound natural.

— David Hatton

  • navitasan 1) He is good at telling accents.
  • No - this doesn't really work for me.
  • I think you need the extra word on the end to make it sound natural.
  • navitasan 2) He is good at telling accents apart.
  • Reasonable - although I think this may not show that he can tell what the accents are.
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navitasan1) He is good at telling accents.

No - this doesn't really work for me. I think you need the extra word on the end to make it sound natural.

navitasan2) He is good at telling accents apart.

Reasonable - although I think this may not show that he can tell what the accents are. He could listen to two peop

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