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Li Ming Lok Posted 16 years ago
Vocabulary

Under & underneath

What are the difference between them?
  

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Underneath is just a bit more formal. Everyday normal conversation in the USA. The magazine is under the book.

  • Underneath is just a bit more formal.
  • Everyday normal conversation in the USA.
  • The magazine is under the book.
  • The magazine is underneath the book.
  • st sentence is much more common.
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Underneath is just a bit more formal. Everyday normal conversation in the USA.

The magazine is under the book.
The magazine is underneath the book.

!st sentence is much more common.

Rob
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They have both the same meaning but UNDER has got different uses like:(during/in the class of/lower in rank..etc) and in return UNDERNEATH is more formal in American colloquial language.

1-The boy lift the cloth and went under/underneath

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