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Tuongvan Posted 18 years ago
Grammar
enjoy vs like
Hi teachers,
Could you possibly tell me whther there is any difference between Enjoy+v-ing /noun and Like+v-ing/noun
Situation 1: Mary is staying in Japan
A Japanese asks her " Do you enjoy your stay here ?"
A Japanese asks her " Do you like your stay here ?"
Is there any difference between these sentences ?
Situation 2 : Jim is living in New York now.
Mary asks Jim:" Do you enjoy living in New York ?"
Mary asks Jim:" Do you like/love living in New York ?"
Is there any difference between these sentences ?
Situation 3: Jack went to Alice's wedding yesreday.
Today I ask Jack:"Did you enjoy going to Alice's wedding ?"
Today I ask Jack:"Did you like going to Alice's wedding ?"
Is there any difference between these sentences ?
Thank you in advance
Could you possibly tell me whther there is any difference between Enjoy+v-ing /noun and Like+v-ing/noun
Situation 1: Mary is staying in Japan
A Japanese asks her " Do you enjoy your stay here ?"
A Japanese asks her " Do you like your stay here ?"
Is there any difference between these sentences ?
Situation 2 : Jim is living in New York now.
Mary asks Jim:" Do you enjoy living in New York ?"
Mary asks Jim:" Do you like/love living in New York ?"
Is there any difference between these sentences ?
Situation 3: Jack went to Alice's wedding yesreday.
Today I ask Jack:"Did you enjoy going to Alice's wedding ?"
Today I ask Jack:"Did you like going to Alice's wedding ?"
Is there any difference between these sentences ?
Thank you in advance
Top answer
Like is neutral, enjoy is a bit stronger, love a lot stronger. There is no big difference between liking living in New York and enjoying living in New York. However if you say you love living there you are saying something really quite strong (or you're devaluing the word love ).
- Like is neutral, enjoy is a bit stronger, love a lot stronger.
- There is no big difference between liking living in New York and enjoying living in New York.
- However if you say you love living there you are saying something really quite strong (or you're devaluing the word love ).
- This applies to the wedding sentence too.
- In the "Japanese" sentences enjoy and like are interchangeable.
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Like is neutral, enjoy is a bit stronger, love a lot stronger. There is no big difference between liking living in New York and enjoying living in New York. However if you say you love living there you are saying something really quite strong (or you're devaluing the word love). This applies to the wedding sentence too. In the "Japanese" sentences
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Enjoy is not a stronger version of like. For you can like Spain because of the style of clothes, music and food although you've never been there. You couldn't say that you enjoy Spain without having been there.
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