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Stillwater436 Posted 19 years ago
Vocabulary

Relation vs. relationship

0Hey guys, which one of the two phrases below is proper and more commonly used if both are good? If they are both good English, any difference between them?02br
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001) The relationship between translation theories and translation teaching.02br
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002) The relation between translation theories and translation teaching.02br
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00Any help would greatly appreciated. Thanks so much.0-
  

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0 Hi Stillwater02br 02br 00I would use 01i 00relation02i 00 in your sentence. 02br 02br 00CB0-

  • 0 Hi Stillwater02br 02br 00I would use 01i 00relation02i 00 in your sentence.
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0 Hi Stillwater02br
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00I would use 01i00relation02i00 in your sentence. 01i00Relationship02i00 usually refers to an emotional or other connection between 01b00people02b00 or a connection by blood or marriage.02br
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01cite10Cool Breeze12cite10Hi Stillwater12br
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10I would use 11i10relation12i10 in your sentence. 11i10Relationship12i10 usually refers to an emotional or other connection between 11b10people12b10 or a connection by blood or marriage.12br
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0 Oh, that's interesting, CB. I would have said "relationship." 0-
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01cite10Grammar Geek12cite10Oh, that's interesting, CB. I would have said "relationship."12blockquote
10Hi GG02br
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00By all means, please do! The information in my previous post is from the Random House Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, but it may lag behind times. I'm all for all kinds of freed
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0Here is a sentence from my English magazine: There is no 01b00relationship02b00 between beeing a good parent and speaking English. At first I was convinced the sentense is wrong but in light of your dispute it makes sense. Relation were my word of choice but no. Last remark: the speaker is from the USA. 0-
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0 the suffix -ship in English always implies a certain quality associated with the word it connects.02br
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00for instance:02br
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00friend and friendship: the former indicates a role of a person as in "he is a friend of mine". the latter emphasizes on the feeling of friendly affection. in real life we may well have many friends yet only a few can offe

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