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Jacklong Posted 13 years ago
Grammar

Trip、journey and travel

Could someone please try to explain me the differences among the words: trip?journey and travel? Thank you very much for any reply!
  

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I can take a trip to the grocery store to get some milk. Journey does not work in this context. In the early 1900s, several explorers attempted a journey to the South Pole.

  • I can take a trip to the grocery store to get some milk.
  • Journey does not work in this context.
  • In the early 1900s, several explorers attempted a journey to the South Pole.
  • Trip does not work in this context.
  • Travel is more general.
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I can take a trip to the grocery store to get some milk.
Journey does not work in this context.

In the early 1900s, several explorers attempted a journey to the South Pole.
Trip does not work in this context.

Travel is more general.

We travel twice a year on vacation.
Darwin's travels led to his formulation of his

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