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Anonymous Posted 12 years ago
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right / correct

Is there any difference in meanings of right and correct?

a right understanding / a correct understanding
  

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i don't think there is any difference between right and correct.

  • i don't think there is any difference between right and correct.
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i don't think there is any difference between right and correct.
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AnonymousIs there any difference in meanings of right and correct?
Well, of course, there's "right" as the opposite of "left", but in many contexts "right" means the same as "correct". "right" is a lower register word (less formal).

"correct" goes better with "understanding". English can be unpredictable in some ways.

In my experience, we s

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