Historic or historical?
Folk songs were made up to describe important ………… events.
a) historian b) historic c) history d) historical
I think that both historic & historical are OK, but my teacher says .'We cannot say 'important historic event' Is that right?
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'We cannot say 'important historic event' Is that right? Yup, in that context, yup.
- 'We cannot say 'important historic event' Is that right?
- Yup, in that context, yup.
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Omar Ahmedy teacher says .'We cannot say 'important historic event' Is that right?
Yup, in that context, yup.
0A distinction may be made between "historic", meaning of great importance in history, and "historical", just meaning existing in history. By this token, "important historic" is tautological (as "historic" already conveys the meaning of "important"). This distinction between the two words is not always observed, so don't be surprised if you see counterexamples. However, in your sentence "histor
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