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puzzle
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 Posted: Wed Dec 26, 2007 3:39 pm Post subject: wood &wooden |
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Dear teachers,
Can you tell me if there is any difference between "wood" &"wooden"?
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asterix
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| Posted: Thu Dec 27, 2007 1:32 pm Post subject: |
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Wood is the hard fibrous material that forms the substance of the main trunk, or branches of a tree.
Wooden means made of wood, like wood, or characteristic of wood. |
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puzzle
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| Posted: Thu Dec 27, 2007 3:57 pm Post subject: wood &wooden |
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I mean what's the difference when they are used as the attribitive?
For example "wood carving", "wooden shelf"?
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asterix
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| Posted: Sat Dec 29, 2007 11:16 am Post subject: |
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Come on - ask yourself what they mean.
Wooden shelf means a shelf made of wood.
Wood carving is something you do with, or to wood - a craft, or art- that produces wooden carvings.
N.B. attributive |
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