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1. What's the difference between "someone always does something" and "someone has always done something"?2. What's the difference between figurative language and  figures of speech ?Thanks.

Clive · Accepted Answer

Hi,

1. What's the difference between "someone always does something" and "someone has always done something"?

Mary always cooks my dinner. It's her routine - yesterday, today, tomorrow.

Mary has always cooked my dinner. I am talking about the past up until now. Maybe I will continue by saying Now that we are divorced, I'm going to have to learn to cook my own dinner.

2. What's the difference between figurative language and figures of speech ? That's a large question. Here are a couple of brief remarks.

figurative language Ornamental, fancy, embellished language. This really includes figures of speech. Sometimes people contrast the figurative meaning of a word with the literal meaning, in which the word is used in a way thatis not 'the ordinary way'.

figures of speech This usually suggests fancy, oratorical and named devices like metaphors, similes, etc.

Best wishes, Clive

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