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Anonymous Posted 13 years ago
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Which is correct?
It was difficult to discern/tell/distinguish which of them was to blame.
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I would probably use tell but discern also works there, in my opinion. "distinguish" sounds wrong there, at least to me (perhaps because it's often used in combination with "between" or "from").
- I would probably use tell but discern also works there, in my opinion.
- "distinguish" sounds wrong there, at least to me (perhaps because it's often used in combination with "between" or "from").
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I would probably use tell but discern also works there, in my opinion. "distinguish" sounds wrong there, at least to me (perhaps because it's often used in combination with "between" or "from").
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