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Liveinjapan Posted 18 years ago
Grammar

Little

0#1 There is a little difference. 02br
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00#2 There is little difference.02br
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00I know what they mean.02br
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00#3 There is very little difference.02br
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00Can #3 be put between the two sentence above in descending order of the amount of difference?02br
00I mean #1 indicates the largest difference, #3 is the second, and #2 implies the least difference when comparing those three sentences.02br
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00Thanks02br
00LiJ0-
  

Top answer

0Hi LiJ, 02br 02br 00#3 represents the least amount of difference of the three. 02br 02br 00The difference between #1 and #2 is analogous to negative and positive. There 01b 00is02b 00 a little difference vs there is 01b 00not02b 00 very much difference.

  • 0Hi LiJ, 02br 02br 00#3 represents the least amount of difference of the three.
  • 02br 02br 00The difference between #1 and #2 is analogous to negative and positive.
  • There 01b 00is02b 00 a little difference vs there is 01b 00not02b 00 very much difference.
  • 02br 02br 00You'd use #1 to answer someone who was saying there's no difference, and #2 to answer someone who was saying there's substantial difference.
  • 02br 02br 00Edit.
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0Hi LiJ, 02br
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00#3 represents the least amount of difference of the three. 02br
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00The difference between #1 and #2 is analogous to negative and positive. There 01b00is02b00 a little difference vs there is 01b00not02b00 very much difference. I'm not sure if you can compare the magnitudes of the diff
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0 Right. The amount of difference in sentence 1 could be exactly the same as the amount of difference in sentence 2.0-
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0IMO: 02br
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00#1 There is a little difference. 01b00A SMALL difference EXISTS.02b02br
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00#2 There is little difference. 01b00There's PRACTICALLY NO difference, they are about the same. 02b02br
00 #3 There is very little difference. 01b00Even stronger than 2, same meanin
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0Thank you all! 05002br
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00Got it! 010id1

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