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Anonymous Posted 16 years ago
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Which is natural?
I'm Hideko from Japan.
Please tell me.
(1) What is this flower called in English?
(2) How do you say this flower in English?
What id the difference between (1) and (2)?
Which is more natural?
Please tell me.
(1) What is this flower called in English?
(2) How do you say this flower in English?
What id the difference between (1) and (2)?
Which is more natural?
Top answer
(1) is OK. (2) is intelligible, and would be understood to mean the same as 1, but logically it's not quite right. You cannot "say this flower".
- (1) is OK.
- (2) is intelligible, and would be understood to mean the same as 1, but logically it's not quite right.
- You cannot "say this flower".
- Instead, you say the name of the flower.
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(1) is OK.
(2) is intelligible, and would be understood to mean the same as 1, but logically it's not quite right. You cannot "say this flower". Instead, you say the name of the flower.
(2) is intelligible, and would be understood to mean the same as 1, but logically it's not quite right. You cannot "say this flower". Instead, you say the name of the flower.
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I think (2) would be "How do you CALL this flower in English?" We don't "say" a flower. We say a prayer or we say grace or we say a word or two.
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AnonymousI think (2) would be "How do you CALL this flower in English?"This isn't quite right. It would have to be "What do you call this flower in English?"
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