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Stevenukd Posted 20 years ago
Grammar
TIDY UP THE BED
Dear Teachers,
1. What's the difference between "rug" and "carpet"?
2. "I'll make the bed" means "prepare the pillow and blanket to sleep", right?. You say "I'll tidy up the bed" means "rearrange the pillow and blanket" when you get up, right?
Thanks very much to Teachers,
Stevenukd.
1. What's the difference between "rug" and "carpet"?
2. "I'll make the bed" means "prepare the pillow and blanket to sleep", right?. You say "I'll tidy up the bed" means "rearrange the pillow and blanket" when you get up, right?
Thanks very much to Teachers,
Stevenukd.
Top answer
K. S. have different meanings.
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- have different meanings.
- , if you have something that covers the entire floor, it can be either the rug or the carpet, but you'd say wall-to-wall carpet.
- If you have a smaller fabric floor cover, it's a rug.
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The U.K. and the U.S. have different meanings.
In the U.S., if you have something that covers the entire floor, it can be either the rug or the carpet, but you'd say wall-to-wall carpet. If you have a smaller fabric floor cover, it's a rug. A throw rug is usually less than 3 feet x 5 feet (say, about 1 meter x 1.5 meters), and an area rug can be quite large, but is not attac
In the U.S., if you have something that covers the entire floor, it can be either the rug or the carpet, but you'd say wall-to-wall carpet. If you have a smaller fabric floor cover, it's a rug. A throw rug is usually less than 3 feet x 5 feet (say, about 1 meter x 1.5 meters), and an area rug can be quite large, but is not attac
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