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Anglista2008 Posted 15 years ago
Vocabulary
Hoax / joke / practical joke
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What's the difference between:
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PS. Do we say "of a greater magnitude" or "of greater magnitude" ?
What's the difference between:
- a hoax
- a practical joke
Thanks
PS. Do we say "of a greater magnitude" or "of greater magnitude" ?
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A hoax often has an element of fraud, and may have nothing to do with humor. For example, people set up elaborate schemes, hoping to get on reality TV. The one where a family claimed there small child was accidentally set adrift in a hot air balloon is a prime example.
- A hoax often has an element of fraud, and may have nothing to do with humor.
- For example, people set up elaborate schemes, hoping to get on reality TV.
- The one where a family claimed there small child was accidentally set adrift in a hot air balloon is a prime example.
- Fake pictures of "bigfoot" are another example.
- Practical jokes often have a physical aspect, and are usually directed at a particular individual.
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A hoax often has an element of fraud, and may have nothing to do with humor.
For example, people set up elaborate schemes, hoping to get on reality TV.
The one where a family claimed there small child was accidentally set adrift in a hot air balloon is a prime example.
Fake pictures of "bigfoot" are another example.
Practical jokes often have a physical aspect, and are usuall
For example, people set up elaborate schemes, hoping to get on reality TV.
The one where a family claimed there small child was accidentally set adrift in a hot air balloon is a prime example.
Fake pictures of "bigfoot" are another example.
Practical jokes often have a physical aspect, and are usuall
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A hoax is a serious deception perpetrated on the public, intended to scam or scare a large group of people. It is certainly of a greater magnitude than a practical joke.
A practical joke is played by a person on a close friend or family member - it is just for fun, and everyone laughs.
Here are a couple of sites describing Internet hoaxes.
A practical joke is played by a person on a close friend or family member - it is just for fun, and everyone laughs.
Here are a couple of sites describing Internet hoaxes.
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anglista2008Do we say "of a greater magnitude" or "of greater magnitude" ?Both are correct.
Perhaps if no one stands to lose or be damaged by the "hoax," then it is not a hoax.
But we can't downgrade it to a "practical joke" unless it's funny.
Most hoaxes are perpetrated to bring some benefit to the perpetrator - usually financia
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An amazing display of 30's style dancing has been makng the rounds, claiming to be Ginger Rogers at 92, dancing with her great grandson.
I just got this feedback:
This is Sarah "Paddy" Jones, a? 75 year old British lady.
Impressive none the less!
(There's one born every minute!)
I'm wondering where this fits on the hoax/fraud/practi
I just got this feedback:
This is Sarah "Paddy" Jones, a? 75 year old British lady.
Impressive none the less!
(There's one born every minute!)
I'm wondering where this fits on the hoax/fraud/practi
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It fits on the supermarket tabloids in between the three-headed babies and sightings of Elvis Presley. 
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