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muni



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PostPosted: Wed May 21, 2003 10:20 am    Post subject: different Reply with quote

if teacher is talking about 2 terms ,suppose a and B and I want to know the difference between them .then can I say that" what is the difference between them or between A and B"
and if teacher is talking about A after he has talked about B tthen can I say that"how it is different from B"
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bud



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PostPosted: Wed May 21, 2003 4:29 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Both "What is the difference between them" and "What is the difference between A and B" are correct. They are very natural sounding.

Your third example needs a slight modification: "How IS IT different from B?"

Good job!
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muni



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PostPosted: Thu May 22, 2003 10:10 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Thanks a lot for your help Very Happy
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