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Anonymous Posted 18 years ago
Vocabulary

prepare/make/fix

Hi,

Do 'prepare', 'fix', and 'make' have any difference in meaning in the sentence?
'Mom always makes us breakfast.'
'Mom always fixes us breakfast.'
'Mom always prepares us breakfast.'

Thanks
  

Top answer

I don’t see any real difference in the basic meaning. But whichever one you choose to use will certainly say something about your socioeconomic and/or your geographic background. Mom always makes us breakfast.

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  • I don’t see any real difference in the basic meaning.
  • But whichever one you choose to use will certainly say something about your socioeconomic and/or your geographic background.
  • Mom always makes us breakfast.
  • A speaker who said this would come across to me as someone with a fairly standard, middle class upbringing.
  • Mom always fixes us breakfast.
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I don’t see any real difference in the basic meaning. But whichever one you choose to use will certainly say something about your socioeconomic and/or your geographic background.

Mom always makes us breakfast. A speaker who said this would come across to me as someone with a fairly standard, middle class upbringing.

Mom always fixes us breakfast. This sounds like a
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Hi,

A further comment.

I believe 'fix' in this sense is a feature primarily of American English.

Clive
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Hi, Thank you both for your comments. Does anyone else have any different opinions about their differences? If so, could you offer your precious one for me? Thanks
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