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shvetsov2005
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 Posted: Sun Oct 29, 2006 11:45 pm Post subject: haste |
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When would you definitely use word haste, but not hurry and vice versa?
Give an example.
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"Haste" has an old-fashioned feel to it, and it isn't much used these days except in some stock phrases:
"Haste makes waste." A nice little aphorism by the great Benjamin Franklin.
"Marry in haste, repent at leisure." Wise words to those who are thinking of marrying in a hurry.
"Don't be hasty." A warning to people to think things through first.
In none of these can "hurry" be substituted without adding something:
"Being in a hurry can be wasteful."
"Marry in a hurry, be sorry at your leisure."
"Don't be in a big hurry." "Don't hurry too much."
Hope this helps. Probably others will have something to add to this.
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