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Rommel Posted 11 years ago
Grammar
‘Is’ or ‘can be’? ‘To distinguish’ or ‘to be distinguished’?
What expressions should I use in the following sentence?
Ebola (is, can be) difficult (to distinguish, to be distinguished) from other diseases.
I think can be and to distinguish are the more proper expressions. What do you think?
Ebola (is, can be) difficult (to distinguish, to be distinguished) from other diseases.
I think can be and to distinguish are the more proper expressions. What do you think?
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Ebola (is, can be) difficult to distinguish from other diseases. The two verbs project different meanings: 'is' is absolute while 'can be' offers a probability.
- Ebola (is, can be) difficult to distinguish from other diseases.
- The two verbs project different meanings: 'is' is absolute while 'can be' offers a probability.
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Ebola (is, can be) difficult to distinguish from other diseases.
The two verbs project different meanings: 'is' is absolute while 'can be' offers a probability.
The two verbs project different meanings: 'is' is absolute while 'can be' offers a probability.
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