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1. What's the difference among "Despise, scorn, discriminate"? I found that we hardly used the word 'scorn'. I don't hear people say: I scorn her.

2. What's the difference betweeen 'no' or 'non'?

3. What does 'reffering to yourself' mean?

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Marius Hancu · Accepted Answer

referring

Clive · Answer

Hi,

1. What's the difference among "Despise, scorn, discriminate"? I found that we hardly used the word 'scorn'. I don't hear people say: I scorn her.

You seem to be thinking of a situation where one person is talking about another.

I despise her. The most common thing to say.

I scorn her. No, very uncommon. You might say 'I treat her with scorn'.

'Discriminate' here is different, it means basically 'to distinguish, to see a difference'.

2. What's the difference betweeen 'no' or 'non'? The fomer is English, the latter is French.

3. What does 'referring to yourself' mean? Basically, talking about yourself.

Best wishes, Clive

Tanit · Answer

Clive2. What's the difference betweeen 'no' or 'non'? The former is English, the latter is French.

... or Italian

just joking

May I add that [url=http://dictionary.cambridge.org/results.asp?searchword=non&x=0&y=0] "non" [/url] is used also in English as a prefix?

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