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learner1
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 Posted: Fri May 18, 2007 11:35 am Post subject: cause/lead to/result in |
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Hello,
Are 'cause', 'lead to' and 'result in' the same meaning and interchangeable in the following sentence?
"His carelessness caused/led to/ resulted in the accident."
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CP
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In this sentence, yes. There can be shades of meaning between the words in other contexts, but generally they have the same meaning.
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learner1
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| Posted: Sat May 19, 2007 4:40 am Post subject: |
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Hello,
Many thanks to CP for the answer. |
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