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Anonymous Posted 16 years ago
Vocabulary

Memorize/ in memory of

Hi,
We erected a statue in memory of the dead leader
We erected a statue to memorized the dead leader.

Do 'in memory of' and 'memorized' mean exactly the same in the two sentences?

Thanks.
  

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Hi, Only #1 is correct English. Clive

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Hi,

Only #1 is correct English.

Clive
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Instead of memorized, the word you are looking for to mean "in memory of (someone or something)" is memorialize.
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Hi Clive and Seattleguy,

Thank you both for your help.
Is there any subtle difference between them?

We erected a statue in memory of the dead leader.
We erectd a statue to memorialize the dead leader.
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Hi,

Not really, except that I'd say #1 is more common.

Clive
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