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Lucus Ong Posted 17 years ago
Grammar
Imaginary and imaginative
Could anybody tell me?
Are the imaginary and imaginative in the sentences below the same?
Are they interchangeable?
which is the better word to describe the meaning?
great thanks in advance
The story is wholly imaginary.
Fairy tales are imaginative.
Are the imaginary and imaginative in the sentences below the same?
Are they interchangeable?
which is the better word to describe the meaning?
great thanks in advance
The story is wholly imaginary.
Fairy tales are imaginative.
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imaginative = creative, posessing imagination; often fanciful imaginary = not real Based on that, I would say that both of your sentences are correct; the words are not necessarily interchangeable.
- imaginative = creative, posessing imagination; often fanciful imaginary = not real Based on that, I would say that both of your sentences are correct; the words are not necessarily interchangeable.
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imaginative = creative, posessing imagination; often fanciful
imaginary = not real
Based on that, I would say that both of your sentences are correct; the words are not necessarily interchangeable.
imaginary = not real
Based on that, I would say that both of your sentences are correct; the words are not necessarily interchangeable.
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I agree with what Philip has said.
Let me add that "imaginary" usually describes the material, and "imaginative" usually describes the style. So a given story could be one or the other or both.
An "imaginary" story would be about something which (as far as you know) never happened.
An "imaginative" story may be a true story or a false story, but it is told
Let me add that "imaginary" usually describes the material, and "imaginative" usually describes the style. So a given story could be one or the other or both.
An "imaginary" story would be about something which (as far as you know) never happened.
An "imaginative" story may be a true story or a false story, but it is told
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