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Hly2004 Posted 21 years ago
Grammar

"litter" "garbage"

Apart from all the offensive meanings,How to use "litter"/ "rubbish"/"trash"/"garbage" on the right occasion.
  

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For a start 'rubbish' is Brit English and I'm not sure if it is used in US English. Trash and garbage are known in the UK but are US English. So there is one difference for you.

— Nona the brit

  • For a start 'rubbish' is Brit English and I'm not sure if it is used in US English.
  • Trash and garbage are known in the UK but are US English.
  • So there is one difference for you.
  • e.
  • used tissues, cigarette ends, sweet wrappers, receipts and so on.
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For a start 'rubbish' is Brit English and I'm not sure if it is used in US English. Trash and garbage are known in the UK but are US English. So there is one difference for you.

Litter refers to small items of rubbish that have been dropped by people too lazy to go find a bin, i.e. used tissues, cigarette ends, sweet wrappers, receipts and so on. Litter is also used as a verb to describe
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Hi Hly2004,

Besides, the noun 'rubbish' has two meanings: garbage and nonsense.
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Some people might make a further distinction between "trash" and "garbage." (This is not a rule, just a tendency.) If I know that the contents include food remnants (or anything else subject to rot and decay), rather than just paper, I'm more likely to use the word "garbage." Trash is unsightly; garbage smells bad!

Have a nice day!
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Nona The BritFor a start 'rubbish' is Brit English and I'm not sure if it is used in US English.

The term rubbish is not used to any significant degree in the US. If you are translating for a British audience, use rubbish. for a US audience, trash or garbage.

Plus, khoff makes an important contextual di
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