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Anonymous Posted 16 years ago
Grammar

What is the difference between "It's real." and "It's true?"

Dear English Forums.

I am an ESL teacher from Taiwan and one of my students asked me the question:

What's the difference between "It's real" and "It's true?"

I think they are basically the same, only "It's real" is a bit stronger.

Thanks so muych for your help!

Jill
  

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Hi, Each word has a variety of meanings, as shown in your dictionary. Here are a few, with examples. real actually exists eg Obama is real.

— Clive

  • Hi, Each word has a variety of meanings, as shown in your dictionary.
  • Here are a few, with examples.
  • real actually exists eg Obama is real.
  • The tooth fairy is not real.
  • true, not just appearing so eg Come on, I don't believe what you just said.
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Hi,

Each word has a variety of meanings, as shown in your dictionary. Here are a few, with examples.



real

actually exists eg Obama is real. The tooth fairy is not real.



true, not just appearing so eg Come on, I don't believe what you just said. Tell me the truth. What's the real reason you did that?
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It's real world.

It's true story.

She is a very famous dancer. Her dancing is unreal.

She is not a dancer. It is untrue that she is good at dancing.
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