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Trunks Posted 16 years ago
Vocabulary

Problems with "tend" and "tendency"?

Tend v. - to be likely to behave in a certain way or to have a certain characteristic or influence.

Consider this sentence:

People tend to think that the problem will never affect them.

Does this imply that those people are wrong? Or does it mean that they can be either right or wrong about the actual consequence?

Tendency N. - a way a person or thing tends to be or behave.

Consider this sentence:

I have a tendency to talk too much when I'm nervous.

Is it the same as saying "I have a habit of talking too much when I'm nervous". If so, does that mean that Habit is an interchangeable word for Tendency. Or is "tendency" has all but a similar meaning to "habit"?
  

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Trunks Consider this sentence: People tend to think that the problem will never affect them. Does this imply that those people are wrong? Yes, probably.

— Mr Wordy

  • Trunks Consider this sentence: People tend to think that the problem will never affect them.
  • Does this imply that those people are wrong?
  • Yes, probably.
  • Trunks Consider this sentence: I have a tendency to talk too much when I'm nervous.
  • Is it the same as saying "I have a habit of talking too much when I'm nervous".
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Trunks
Consider this sentence:

People tend to think that the problem will never affect them.

Does this imply that those people are wrong?

Yes, probably.
Trunks
Consider this sentence:

I have a tendency to talk too much when I'm nervous.

Is it the same as saying
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