a bouquet of / a bunch of flowers

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Vincent Teo

#535741 Wed, 02 Jul 08 12:52 PM

Both answers can be accepted?

There is a bouquet of / a bunch of flowers on the table.

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Grammar Geek

#535825 Wed, 02 Jul 08 02:18 PM

Yes.

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Barbara, who answers in American English.

optilang

#535830 Wed, 02 Jul 08 02:26 PM

Vincent Teo
Both answers can be accepted?

There is a bouquet of / a bunch of flowers on the table.

They may be different.

A bouquet is an arrangement of cut flowers.

A bunch of flowers is just flowers gathered together, not necessarily cut or arranged.

optilang

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OptiNative British English Speaker Wherever I may roam, I'm still a Londoner.

Vincent Teo

#535834 Wed, 02 Jul 08 02:29 PM

Can you show me the picture? I'm not very sure what you mean..
Thanks

Vincent Teo

Marius Hancu

#535842 Wed, 02 Jul 08 02:36 PM

Vincent Teo
Can you show me the picture? I'm not very sure what you mean..
Thanks

You should do this job yourself. Search Yahoo with:

bouquet images

and you'll see images of a bouquet.

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