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Vince Posted 21 years ago
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00In a certain activity I had to do for school, I came across these two words: 02br
01i00grateful02i00 and 01i00thankful02i00. 02br
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00I had to explain the difference between them, using these four sentences: 02br
001. I'm very grateful to you for your help 02br
002. He was very ashamed of what he had done and was thankful that his family didn't know about it 02br
003. We were all thankful that the weather was good for the picnic 02br
004. She was very grateful to her parents for their advice and support 02br
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00I figured out that grateful is about thanking a certain person (human), while thankful is simply thanking for something. You are grateful to someone (person) and thankful for (something). 02br
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00Is this right? 02br
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00The same problem occured with 01i00canal02i00 and 01i00channel02i00. Does anyone know the exact difference between those two? 010id1
  

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0 Hi, Vince, 02br 00The simplest way to put it (ignoring other meanings of the words) is that 01i 00canal02i 00 is an 01b 00artificial02b 00 waterway, while 01i 00channel02i 00 is a 01b 00natural02b 00 bed of a river or other waterway. 02br 00Hope this helps. 0-

— Miche

  • 0 Hi, Vince, 02br 00The simplest way to put it (ignoring other meanings of the words) is that 01i 00canal02i 00 is an 01b 00artificial02b 00 waterway, while 01i 00channel02i 00 is a 01b 00natural02b 00 bed of a river or other waterway.
  • 02br 00Hope this helps.
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0 Hi, Vince, 02br
00The simplest way to put it (ignoring other meanings of the words) is that 01i00canal02i00 is an 01b00artificial02b00 waterway, while 01i00channel02i00 is a 01b00natural02b00 bed of a river or other waterway. 02br
00Hope this helps. 0-
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