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Anonymous Posted 18 years ago
Grammar

glad/happy

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00"I'm glad that you came to see me."02br
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00Is 'happy' also fine to use instead of 'glad' here? E.g.02br
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00"I'm happy that you came to see me."02br
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00Do the two words have the same meaning here?02br
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00Thanks in advance0-
  

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0I have to laugh at this one. 02br
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00My example that I use, when people can't resist the urge to change someone's writing, is the change "happy" to "glad." It makes no difference at all, but they feel like they "contributed" something to the piece.02br
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00There's no difference at all.0-
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01cite10Grammar Geek12cite10 ... is the change "happy" to "glad."12blockquote
10 GG: You would have communicated the thought so much more effectively if you had only written 01i00...is the change from "glad" to "happy" ...02i00. 05002br
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0Wow. I thought glad was lesser in intensity than happy, just as hungry is than starving. No difference at all?0-
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0 Actually, I sense that 01i00glad02i00 is greater in intensity than 01i00happy02i00, but not by much.02br
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0Thanks, CalifJim. That helps me tune my emotions to that of the natives 05002br
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00By the way, Are there any mistakes in the sentence above?010id1
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0Just a little one. 01i00... to 01u00those02u00 of the natives02i00. 05002br
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10I have to laugh at this one. 12br
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10My example that I use, when people can't resist the urge to change someone's writing, is the change "happy" to "glad." It makes no difference at all, but they feel like they "contributed" something to the piece.12br
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0They are then able to say that they "helped" with the final version, even though their "help" was to make a meaningless change.02br
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00Yes, it's very natural.0-
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0If you came to visit me after the death of my mother, I might say that I was glad, rather than happy, to see you. 0-
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0Hi GG, thank you a lot.0-
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