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Anonymous Posted 10 years ago
Vocabulary
Pairs and sets
Hi. Let's say you've made 8 pairs of marbles. Can we say "We've made 8 sets of marbles"? Do they mean the same? Thank you in advance for your help.
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A pair is always two of something. A set could (in theory) be any number greater than one, so a pair might constitute a set, but in practice one would normally say there were pairs of marbles, not sets, in your example. A set would suggest a group containing certain specific items (for instance, one red marble, one green marble, one blue marble, one white marble and one black marble), while a pair would only indicate that there were two marbles.
- A pair is always two of something.
- A set could (in theory) be any number greater than one, so a pair might constitute a set, but in practice one would normally say there were pairs of marbles, not sets, in your example.
- A set would suggest a group containing certain specific items (for instance, one red marble, one green marble, one blue marble, one white marble and one black marble), while a pair would only indicate that there were two marbles.
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A pair is always two of something. A set could (in theory) be any number greater than one, so a pair might constitute a set, but in practice one would normally say there were pairs of marbles, not sets, in your example. A set would suggest a group containing certain specific items (for instance, one red marble, one green marble, one blue marble, one white marble and one black marble), while a pai
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