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Anonymous Posted 13 years ago
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Motive and motivation

Do you think that 'motive and motivation' are interchangeable for the same meaning? Thank you so much in advance.
  

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Anonymous Do you think that 'motive and motivation' are interchangeable for the same meaning? "Motive" is usually countable, and "motivation" is usually uncountable. Sometimes they may be interchanged.

  • Anonymous Do you think that 'motive and motivation' are interchangeable for the same meaning?
  • "Motive" is usually countable, and "motivation" is usually uncountable.
  • Sometimes they may be interchanged.
  • What could be the motive/motivation for doing such a thing?
  • We need to provide more motivation if we expect people to do the work.
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AnonymousDo you think that 'motive and motivation' are interchangeable for the same meaning?
"Motive" is usually countable, and "motivation" is usually uncountable.

Sometimes they may be interchanged.
What could be the motive/motivation for doing such a thing?

We need to provide more motivation if we expect people

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