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Wenrouhu Posted 20 years ago
Vocabulary

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Is there any differeces between"live""alive"and"living"?IS"living animals" is equal to"live animals"?please tell me,thanks!!
  

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Alive and living are almost same in meaning,you can write 'alive animals' instead of 'living animals'. 'Live animals' is not incorrect but nomally we do not use, although live also means not dead.

— Jhumjhum

  • Alive and living are almost same in meaning,you can write 'alive animals' instead of 'living animals'.
  • 'Live animals' is not incorrect but nomally we do not use, although live also means not dead.
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Alive and living are almost same in meaning,you can write 'alive animals' instead of 'living animals'. 'Live animals' is not incorrect but nomally we do not use, although live also means not dead.
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I'm sorry, I must disagree, but it could be because of regional variations. I would NOT say "alive animals," but would say "live animals." For example, you go to a display and they have live animals - it's not that you thought they would have recently killed animals (dead animals), but perhaps you thought they would be plastic or stuffed.

I agree that "alive" and "living" are very, very c
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