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Pchuang Posted 19 years ago
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which one is more idiomatic?

0 astronauts return to Earth.02br
00astronauts return to the Earth.02br
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00i know all of them are correct, but which one is more idiomatic? or is there any difference between the two?0-
  

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02b 02br 02br 00 As a complete written sentence:02br 02br 01i 00The astronauts have returned to earth. ]02br 02br 00 CJ0-

— CalifJim

  • 02b 02br 02br 00 As a complete written sentence:02br 02br 01i 00The astronauts have returned to earth.
  • ]02br 02br 00 CJ0-
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0 As a newspaper headline:02br
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01b00Astronauts Return to Earth.02b02br
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00 As a complete written sentence:02br
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01i00The astronauts have returned to earth. 02i02br
01i00The astronauts have returned to the earth.02i00 [But either way is fine.]02br
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0 I think the second one is more idiomatic because it returns almost 7 times fewer hits than the first one. It shows people use the seeond version less often.02br
00Try typing them into Google (with quotation marks: "), and look at the difference.0-
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01cite10CalifJim12cite10As a newspaper headline:12br
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11b10Astronauts Return to Earth.12b12br
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10As a complete written sentence:12br
12br
11i10The astronauts have returned to earth. 12i12br
11i10The astronauts have return
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01cite10HZhou12cite10I think the second one is more idiomatic because it returns almost 7 times fewer hits than the first one. It shows people use the seeond version less often.12br
10Try typing them into Google (with quotation marks: "), and look at the difference.12br
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10你理解错了，idiomat
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0 If something is "more idiomatic," it would be used more often, not less often. 0-
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