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New2grammar Posted 18 years ago
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reacted vsresponded

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00"The Kennedys have been much on my mind in the last days because of Sen. [Edward] Kennedy, and I regret that if my referencing that moment of trauma for our entire nation and particularly for the Kennedy family was in any way offensive. I certainly had no intention of that whatsoever," 05000 added. 05102p

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00The campaign of her rival for the Democratic nomination for president, Sen. Barack Obama, 01b00reacted02b00 quickly02p

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00Can I replace reacted with responded without change of meaning?02p

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00Thanks!02p

00 0230hrefhttps://edition.cnn.com/ELECTION/2008/primaries/results/candidates/#1746cClinton231hrefhttps://edition.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/05/23/clinton.comments/index.html#cnnSTCVideocWatch Clinton explain her remarks »
  

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0Hi,02br 02br 00Generally speaking, yes. 02br 02br 00Best wishes, Clive 0-

— Clive

  • 0Hi,02br 02br 00Generally speaking, yes.
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0Hi,02br
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00Generally speaking, yes. 02br
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00But 'responded' suggests a bit that the remark was directed towards Obama's campaign, which does not appear to be the case.02br
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0I'd say yes, as long as you keep "quickly." 02br
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00"React" is often (but not always) used to imply a "knee-jerk" response, that is, quick and automatic. A "response" is often more deliberate/thoughtful. (But you also hear it said that someone is slow to react/respond.)02br
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00Edit. I second Clive's point
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