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USF Posted 14 years ago
Vocabulary
"occur to" vs "realize"
I think these words are somehow interchangeable. Would you please help me to understand differences and similarities?
Didn't it occur to you to help me when you saw how much trouble I was in?
Didn't you realized to help me when you saw how much trouble I was in?
Didn't it occur to you to help me when you saw how much trouble I was in?
Didn't you realized to help me when you saw how much trouble I was in?
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I'd say that in many contexts they are approximately interchangleble but not in the way you are attempting. Didn't you realize that I needed help when you saw how much trouble I was in?
- I'd say that in many contexts they are approximately interchangleble but not in the way you are attempting.
- Didn't you realize that I needed help when you saw how much trouble I was in?
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I'd say that in many contexts they are approximately interchangleble but not in the way you are attempting.
Didn't you realize that I needed help when you saw how much trouble I was in?
Didn't you realize that I needed help when you saw how much trouble I was in?
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Yeap. I made a mistake. Thanks. 
Could you explain their usages? That in what situations we would use each of them.
Could you explain their usages? That in what situations we would use each of them.
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Hi,
A couple of broad comments on how I think of these phrases..
Something occurred to me. It came into my head suddenly and unexpectedly, often with no apparent connection to the situation I am in.
eg While I was performing brain sur
A couple of broad comments on how I think of these phrases..
Something occurred to me. It came into my head suddenly and unexpectedly, often with no apparent connection to the situation I am in.
eg While I was performing brain sur
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