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Fadysandy Posted 15 years ago
Grammar

Which sentence is more correct? Why?

I have read an imaginative story.

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I have read an imaginary story.
  

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Imaginary means 'existing only in the imagination, not real', whereas imaginative means 'having or showing a high degree of imagination'. g. is fictitious), whereas an imaginative person is one who is creative or inventive.

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  • Imaginary means 'existing only in the imagination, not real', whereas imaginative means 'having or showing a high degree of imagination'.
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  • is fictitious), whereas an imaginative person is one who is creative or inventive.
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Imaginary means 'existing only in the imagination, not real', whereas imaginative means 'having or showing a high degree of imagination'. Both words can be applied to people as well as things; an imaginary person is one who does not really exist (e.g. is fictitious), whereas an imaginative person is one who is creative or inventive.
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... So it is impossible to read an imaginary story, since it is one which does not exist. On the other hand, an imaginative story is usually very entertaining and quite often read again and again.
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