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Lucus Ong Posted 17 years ago
Grammar
Livelihood and living
is there any better way can help me differentiate them?
She earns a living as a writer.
what do you do for a living.
I learnt the differences between living and livelihood by memorise that we use living with earn a and do for a .
I don't bake cake for fun: it is my livelihood
moving lawns is his only livelihood
I learnt the use of livelihood by memorise that livelihood is way to earn money.
But how about the two sentences below, I came across them in dicitionary recently
a means / source of livelihood
she earns a livelihood by sewing.
with my old ways to study, I must say she earns a lving by sewing.
because a living.
livelihood means way to earn money how come he need to add "a means/source"
I think it a repitation.
Many thanks in advance
She earns a living as a writer.
what do you do for a living.
I learnt the differences between living and livelihood by memorise that we use living with earn a and do for a .
I don't bake cake for fun: it is my livelihood
moving lawns is his only livelihood
I learnt the use of livelihood by memorise that livelihood is way to earn money.
But how about the two sentences below, I came across them in dicitionary recently
a means / source of livelihood
she earns a livelihood by sewing.
with my old ways to study, I must say she earns a lving by sewing.
because a living.
livelihood means way to earn money how come he need to add "a means/source"
I think it a repitation.
Many thanks in advance
Top answer
Vctory Ong a means / source of livelihood she earns a livelihood by sewing. These are idiomatic. It's not unusual for a word to have several senses listed in the dictionary.
- Vctory Ong a means / source of livelihood she earns a livelihood by sewing.
- These are idiomatic.
- It's not unusual for a word to have several senses listed in the dictionary.
- Just because two words are synonyms in one sense (or usage) doesn't mean they must be synonyms in all senses.
- I know it's difficult, but you just have to learn a few more sample uses.
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Vctory Ong a means / source of livelihood
she earns a livelihood by sewing. These are idiomatic.
It's not unusual for a word to have several senses listed in the dictionary.
Just because two words are synonyms in one sense (or usage) doesn't mean they must be synonyms in all senses.
I know it's difficult, but you just have to learn a few more sample us
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Vctory:
Livelihood has a connotation of "profession". It is more of a permanent life-long source of income that is not likely to change.
Earning a living - can mean washing windows one month, and then hiring on as a taxi driver, and then working in a store. The job can change.
A man's taxi is his livelihood if he is buying the car, doing the driving, advertising, and do
Livelihood has a connotation of "profession". It is more of a permanent life-long source of income that is not likely to change.
Earning a living - can mean washing windows one month, and then hiring on as a taxi driver, and then working in a store. The job can change.
A man's taxi is his livelihood if he is buying the car, doing the driving, advertising, and do
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