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Ann225 Posted 6 years ago
Grammar

Obligated or obliged

Hi,

“You shouldn’t feel obligated or obliged to your parents to go to university.”

I know that ‘obligated is more likely to be used in a legal context, but other than that I don’t know how to tell them apart.

Thank you.

  

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Both are used, and I think it may be a matter of regional preferences. I hear around me and I use 'obligated' in contexts like that, but there's nothing wrong with 'obliged'. CJ

— CalifJim

  • Both are used, and I think it may be a matter of regional preferences.
  • I hear around me and I use 'obligated' in contexts like that, but there's nothing wrong with 'obliged'.
  • CJ
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Both are used, and I think it may be a matter of regional preferences.

I hear around me and I use 'obligated' in contexts like that, but there's nothing wrong with 'obliged'.

CJ

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