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Angliholic Posted 19 years ago
Grammar

made of or from

0Would you say "01u00Flour is made of or from wheat02u00?" and why? Thanks.0-
  

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0 Hi Angliholic02br 02br 00You need 01b 00from02b 00 because the wheat has changed. 0-

— Yankee

  • 0 Hi Angliholic02br 02br 00You need 01b 00from02b 00 because the wheat has changed.
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0 Hi Angliholic02br
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00You need 01b00from02b00 because the wheat has changed. The wheat is no longer wheat (wheat is a plant); the wheat has become something else.02br
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00A similar idea is: Cheese is made 01b00from02b00 milk.0-
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01cite10Yankee12cite10Hi Angliholic12br
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10You need 11b10from12b10 because the wheat has changed. The wheat is no longer wheat (wheat is a plant); the wheat has become something else.12br
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10A similar idea is: Cheese is made 11b10from12b10 milk
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0 Yes, but the wooden chairs are 01b00not02b00"made of trees". 050010id5
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0Hi Angliholic,02br
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00Yankee's answer is excellent. If you want to have more details and examples, here is a good [url=05000] link [/url]. 0230hrefhttp://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/radio/specials/1837_aae/page11.shtml
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0Thanks, my friends.02br
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00I know and have committed the rule to memory since I started to learn grammr. I'm just wondering if I could also use "made of" here since wheat and flower are essentially no different from each other. 0-
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01cite10Angliholic12cite12br
10... since wheat and 11del10flower12del10 flour are essentially no different from each other. 12br
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10No, they're not the same at all! 02br
00If you want to make a cake, you need [url=05000] flour [/url
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01cite10Tanit12cite11blockquote
11cite20Angliholic22cite22br
20... since wheat and 21del20flower22del20 flour are essentially no different from each other. 22br
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20No, they're not the same at all! 12br

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01cite10Angliholic12cite10With the same reasoning, If I want to study, I have to use a desk, not a tree. Then should I say "A table is made from a tree?"12br
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10I'll repeat what Yankee said and what's written in the link I posted earlier:02br
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01i00"If so
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0 I'd like to alter your last example a bit, Tanit:02br
01i00Wood 01b00comes02b00 from trees. 02br
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02i00You might be able to say something like this though:01i02br
00Many telephone poles are made from trees. 02br
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02i00In the last example, the tree is not really altered
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01cite10Yankee12cite10I'd like to alter your last example a bit, Tanit:12br
11i10Wood 11b10comes12b10 from trees. 12i12br
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10Thank you for the correction. I really appreciate it. 050010id1
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