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Anonymous Posted 18 years ago
Grammar

hard / difficult

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001.When do we use "hard" and when "difficult" ?02h3

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002.Can we say the test was hard ? or the test was difficult?02h3

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0As a replacement for "difficult," "hard" is 01i 01u 00casual02u 02i 00. (1. & 2.

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  • 0As a replacement for "difficult," "hard" is 01i 01u 00casual02u 02i 00.
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0As a replacement for "difficult," "hard" is 01i01u00casual02u02i00. (1. & 2. - the meaning would be the same.)0-
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0When the meaning is "not easy", the words "hard" and "difficult" are often interchangeable, the only difference being that "hard" is slightly more informal. So, "the test was hard" and "the test was difficult" are both fine, and they mean exactly the same thing. 02br
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00Offhand I can't think of any situation where "hard" means "not easy" but can't be replaced by "difficu
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0 I use the two interchangeably, but I agree that 'hard' is more casual. 0-
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Hard and Difficult are NOT interchangeable words

example: you can say that the table is HARD, however you cannot say that the test is HARD because if you were to put the word DIFFICULT where the word HARD is, you would come out with a sentence saying that the table is difficult, which is not a working sentence.


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