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klafterreith

Joined: 25 Nov 2005
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Posted: Thu May 13, 2010 5:56 am Post subject: necessary/essential

Yesterday I thought somebody was breaking into my neighbour`s flat. So I called the police. Later I found out that I was wrong, so calling the police wasn`t necessary /essential. Would you accept both verbs in such a context?

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pugachevV

Joined: 16 Jan 2003
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Posted: Thu May 13, 2010 3:12 pm Post subject:

Necessary would be the usual word to use. Essential is stronger. It means absolutely necessary; extremely important.

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