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Angliholic Posted 18 years ago
Grammar

luggage/package

When Helen travels, she always takes a lot of luggage/package.

Do both luggage and package amount to each other in the above? Thanks.
  

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No, a package is an individual parcel, not necessarily for travelling. Luggage = baggage .

  • No, a package is an individual parcel, not necessarily for travelling.
  • Luggage = baggage .
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No, a package is an individual parcel, not necessarily for travelling. Luggage = baggage.

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Package is used in shipping.
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'luggage' is BrE; 'baggage' is AmE.
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Yoong Liat'luggage' is BrE; 'baggage' is AmE.
Hi,
I've never understood the difference. My dictionaries are always so confusing, one says "This is American!", another says "This is British!", another one says nothing, and so on... May they all burn by spontaneous combustion! LOL ("by"?)

Are both used in the
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This AmE speaker uses both indiscriminately.
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Kooyeen
Yoong Liat'luggage' is BrE; 'baggage' is AmE.
Hi,
I've never understood the difference. My dictionaries are always so confusing, one says "This is American!", another says "This is British!", another one says nothing, and so on... May they all burn by spontaneous combustion! LOL ("by"
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I see, thanks. I'll use one at random Emotion: smile
What I wrote in my earliest post is based on the definition in the Oxford Advanced

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