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Uthman Posted 17 years ago
Vocabulary

Joke and kid

Hello everybody!

Does the following sentence sound natural?

He likes to joke (kid) with his friends all the time!

Do the verbs (joke & kid) in the above sentence imply different meanings?

Thanks a lot!
  

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Hi Uthman Yes, you can use either joke or kid in that sentence. I'd probably add the word "around", though: - He likes to joke / kid around with his friends all the time!

— Yankee

  • Hi Uthman Yes, you can use either joke or kid in that sentence.
  • I'd probably add the word "around", though: - He likes to joke / kid around with his friends all the time!
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Hi Uthman

Yes, you can use either joke or kid in that sentence.

I'd probably add the word "around", though:

- He likes to joke / kid around with his friends all the time!
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Thank you very much! But does "around" here add extra meaning?
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Hi Uthman

To me, the addition of "around" tends to make the activity sound more general or less specific, so it might include a variety of jokes, nonsense or teasing -- i.e. playful silliness. For example, if I spent an afternoon with a friend, and during all of that time we didn't really do anything in particular except say funny things or tell jokes and/or tall tales, or maybe
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Oh, thank you very much for the effort! That's clearEmotion: smile
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