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[elis-h]

Please tell me the differences between "over" and "across".
Thank you so much!!

[THurls]

OVER and ACROSS can almost be used in the same context. eg jump ACROSS the river.... or, jump OVER ther river. but for eg. if you come to a high wall and you can't walk around it then you need to climb OVER the wall to get to the other side. the difference is for OVER: picture two objects a cloud and a tree, the cloud is higher than the tree, therefore the cloud is over the tree.

i hope that helped

[elis-h]

I see!! Thank you for your help