Raise/increase

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1/ Please correct these  2 sentences:a/ In how many months will Alex's salary be raised?b/ In how many months will Alex's salary be increased?2/ In this case, are raise and increase interchangeable? If not, what is the difference in meaning between them?Quoc

Marius Hancu · Accepted Answer

Both fine, same meaning.

BarbaraPA · Answer

In U.S. usage, you talk about getting "a raise" which is an increase in your salary, but it's not at all common to hear that his salary will be raised. In other words, here, raise is far more commonly a noun and increase is the corresponding verb, when talking about salary.

Goodman · Answer

Tung Quoc
1/ Please correct these 2 sentences:

a/ In how many months will Alex's salary be raised?

b/ In how many months will Alex's salary be increased?

2/ In this case, are raise and increase interchangeable? If not, what is the difference in meaning between them?

Quoc

Hi, Just a few comments on this topic…

In some contexts, raise and increase can be interchangeable.

I.e. XYZ airline will raise/ increase it’s domestic fare by 3% next month. Or XYZ Airline announced today it’s domestic fare will be increased or raised by 3% starting next month. I.e. I got a raise/ an increase, ok In context relating to “money”, “fare”, and “service”, they are interchangeable. Otherwise, mostly they are not.

We do not:

Increase a flag- we raise it.

Increase concern- we raise it, but we can say “increase the awareness” which has the same core meaning.

Increase a child –we raise it.

Other meanings:

Increase funding to something = Giving/ adding more money to a pool of money designated for a purpose.

Fund raising = urging people to donate money for a charitable purpose.

Tung Quoc · Answer

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