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Aqua modern 953 Posted 8 years ago
Grammar

Use of different

Is this sentence wrong: "X and Y are very different"?

I think it must be "X and Y are very different FROM EACH OTHER"

Is the "from each other" mandatory?

  

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aqua modern 953 Is this sentence wrong: "X and Y are very different"? No, it is just fine! aqua modern 953 I think it must be "X and Y are very different FROM EACH OTHER" No, it needn't.

  • aqua modern 953 Is this sentence wrong: "X and Y are very different"?
  • No, it is just fine!
  • aqua modern 953 I think it must be "X and Y are very different FROM EACH OTHER" No, it needn't.
  • aqua modern 953 Is the "from each other" mandatory?
  • No, not at all—on the contrary, it is redundant.
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aqua modern 953Is this sentence wrong: "X and Y are very different"?

No, it is just fine!

aqua modern 953I think it must be "X and Y are very different FROM EACH OTHER"

No, it needn't.

aqua modern 953Is the "from each other" mandatory?

No, not at all—on the contrary, it is

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