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Anonymous Posted 20 years ago
Grammar

The similar verbs.

How can I distinguish these verbs easily?

Tell somebody.

Say to somebody

Speak to somebody.

Talk to somebody

Thanks.
  

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You'll just have to read carefully their pages in a good dictionary and learn their usage by example. You should search this site (see upper right corner) with say tell or speak talk and study the threads which come up (quite many). html

— Marius Hancu

  • You'll just have to read carefully their pages in a good dictionary and learn their usage by example.
  • You should search this site (see upper right corner) with say tell or speak talk and study the threads which come up (quite many).
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You'll just have to read carefully their pages in a good dictionary and learn their usage by example.

You should search this site (see upper right corner) with
say tell
or
speak talk
and study the threads which come up (quite many).

You might also want to have a look at these introductions:
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Thank you for your advice, Marius.
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By the way, www.dictionary.com is also quite good for its Thesaurus.
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