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Messier42 Posted 13 years ago
Vocabulary

ow are they differently used?

Provisanal
Temporary
Tenative

I looked them up in a dictionary and found out they are used in a similar way. But I think they must have different usage. How are they differently used?
  

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Hi - provisional - This word usually means that something is provided but there is a condition. (In fact, there's a word you don't often hear - proviso - which means the condition on which something is granted) - My loan of the car to you is provisional - in return, you must mow the lawn every Sunday - temporary - Something that is only going to happen for a period of time - My loan of the car to you is temporary - you can only have it for two months - tentative - Something that is not certain - His offer to loan me the car is tentative - he may change his mind Hope this helps, Dave

— Dave_anon

  • Hi - provisional - This word usually means that something is provided but there is a condition.
  • (In fact, there's a word you don't often hear - proviso - which means the condition on which something is granted) - My loan of the car to you is provisional - in return, you must mow the lawn every Sunday - temporary - Something that is only going to happen for a period of time - My loan of the car to you is temporary - you can only have it for two months - tentative - Something that is not certain - His offer to loan me the car is tentative - he may change his mind Hope this helps, Dave
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Hi

- provisional
- This word usually means that something is provided but there is a condition. (In fact, there's a word you don't often hear - proviso - which means the condition on which something is granted)
- My loan of the car to you is provisional - in return, you must mow the lawn every Sunday

- temporary
- Something that is only going to happen for a period o
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